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| author | Christian Cleberg <[email protected]> | 2024-03-04 22:34:28 -0600 |
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| committer | Christian Cleberg <[email protected]> | 2024-03-04 22:34:28 -0600 |
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initial migration to test org-mode
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diff --git a/content/blog/2021-05-30-changing-git-authors.md b/content/blog/2021-05-30-changing-git-authors.md deleted file mode 100644 index d47d85f..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2021-05-30-changing-git-authors.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2021-05-30 -title = "Changing Git Authors" -description = "A guide to change Git author names and emails in old commits." -+++ - -## Changing Git Author/Email Based on Previously Committed Email - -Here's the dilemma: You've been committing changes to your git -repository with an incorrect name or email (or multiple repositories), -and now you want to fix it. Luckily, there's a semi-reliable way to fix -that. While I have never experienced issues with this method, some -people have warned that it can mess with historical hashes and integrity -of commits, so use this method only if you're okay accepting that risk. - -Okay, let's create the bash script: - -```sh -nano change_git_authors.sh -``` - -The following information can be pasted directly into your bash script. -The only changes you need to make are to the following variables: - -- `OLD_EMAIL` -- `CORRECT_NAME` -- `CORRECT_EMAIL` - -```sh -#!/bin/sh - -# List all sub-directories in the current directory -for dir in */ -do - # Remove the trailing "/" - dir=${dir%*/} - # Enter sub-directory - cd $dir - - git filter-branch --env-filter ' - - OLD_EMAIL="[email protected]" - CORRECT_NAME="your-new-name" - CORRECT_EMAIL="[email protected]" - - if [ "$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 - - git push --force --tags origin 'refs/heads/*' - - cd .. -done -``` - -Finally, save the bash script and make it executable. - -```sh -chmod a+x change_git_authors.sh -``` - -Now you can run the script and should see the process begin. - -```sh -./change_git_authors.sh -``` |
