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vishaltelangre/modify_commit_author.sh

Created April 21, 2013 19:04
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Modify past commit author details in git history
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modify_commit_author.sh
# change past commit's author email from 'vishal@blah.\(none\)' to '[email protected]'
git filter-branch --env-filter 'if [ $GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL = vishal@blah.\(none\) ]; then [email protected]; fi; export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL'
# change past commit's author name from 'vishal' to 'Vishal Telangre'
git filter-branch --env-filter 'if [ $GIT_AUTHOR_NAME = vishal ]; then GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=Vishal\ Telangre; fi; export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME'
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