rikosjett

Rewrite commit author in Git repo

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SHELL
#!/bin/sh

git filter-branch --env-filter '

OLD_EMAIL="Wrong user e-mail"
CORRECT_NAME="User name"
CORRECT_EMAIL="User e-mail"

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