filoscoder · December 2, 2022 10:53 · Mar 16, 2014 · Mar 16, 2014 · Mar 16, 2014
diff --git a/git-commit-author-rewrite.md b/git-commit-author-rewrite.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ If you need to change the author for a commit older than the most recent, do a `
 $ git rebase -i HEAD~2
 ```
 
-Then choose `e` or `edit` next to the appopriate commit, then when it asks you to ammend, run the same command as you would for the most recent commit:
+Then choose `e` or `edit` next to the appopriate commit, then when it asks you to amend, run the same command as you would for the most recent commit:
 
 ```bash
 $ git commit --amend --reset-author

diff --git a/git-commit-author-rewrite.md b/git-commit-author-rewrite.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Change the email address for a git commit.
+
 ```bash
 $ git commit --amend --author="Author Name <[email protected]>"
 ```

diff --git a/git-commit-author-rewrite.md b/git-commit-author-rewrite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+```bash
+$ git commit --amend --author="Author Name <[email protected]>"
+```
+
+or
+
+```bash
+$ git commit --amend --reset-author
+```
+
+If you need to change the author for a commit older than the most recent, do a `git rebase -i`. For example, if you wanted to change the penultimate commit, you'd run:
+
+```bash
+$ git rebase -i HEAD~2
+```
+
+Then choose `e` or `edit` next to the appopriate commit, then when it asks you to ammend, run the same command as you would for the most recent commit:
+
+```bash
+$ git commit --amend --reset-author
+```
+
+Then, to finish, you'd run:
+
+```bash
+$ git rebase --continue
+```
+
+And you're done. Don't forget you'll have to `--force` push if you've already pushed those commits to your remote.
+
+[source](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/750172/how-do-i-change-the-author-of-a-commit-in-git)