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Created September 15, 2018 06:08
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Update name/email of past git commits
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="<old email>"
CORRECT_NAME="<new name>"
CORRECT_EMAIL="<new email>"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags
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