n8e/Commit_Author.md

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To change the author of all the commit messages in a branch

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Use this when you need to change the author of all the commit messages in a branch. git filter-branch -f --env-filter "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='n8e'; GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='[email protected]'; GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='n8e'; GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='[email protected]';" HEAD

After this, then git push origin +<git branch> to force push the changes to the repository