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Created November 23, 2008 23:15
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Little script to change author details in a repo
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history_rewrite.sh
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch --env-filter '
an=$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
am=$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
cn=$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
cm=$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
if [ $GIT_COMMITER_EMAIL = "your@email" ]
then
cn="Your Name"
fi
if [ $GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL = "your@email" ]
then
an="Your Name"
fi
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=$an
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=$am
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=$cn
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=$cm
'
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