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Rename author in git
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch -f \
--index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch Rakefile' HEAD
git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="housewifehacker@gmail.com"
CORRECT_NAME="John Anderson"
CORRECT_EMAIL="sontek@gmail.com"
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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