Accidentally added a participant when sending the code via Github Dekstop

[mister-proger]

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I was writing a program with a friend. He left half an hour before the end, and I finished alone. When I finished, I went into the github applications and recorded the changes. I remembered that a friend said that he would create a profile today, and entered his nickname without looking that the nickname was not found. And some strange guy was added as a co-author. Is there any way to remove it? Or should I write to him to remove himself?

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[neutrinomuon]

Hi there :)!

Yes! If I understood well you can remove the co-author from your commit to GitHub. Here's what you can do:

1. Go to your commit in the GitHub web interface;
2. Click on the commit message to open the commit details page;
3. Click on the "Edit" (pencil icon) next to the commit message;
4. In the commit message editor, locate the line that includes the co-author's name and email address. The line should start with "Co-authored-by:";
5. Remove this entire line;
6. Click on "Commit changes" and save it;

In that manner, the co-authorship attribution should have been removed. I have another question, maybe correlated: was the co-author added by accident as a collaborator or contributor to your project? In that case, you may also need to remove their access from the project.

Please, let me know if it works. I hope this helps :)!

[mister-proger]

I entered his nickname in the "co-author" field in the GitHub PC application. (my English is very good)

[neutrinomuon]

My apologies for any confusion earlier! Sometimes my brain doesn't process things as quickly as it should, so I may have misunderstood your question when I said 'If I understand correctly.' But I'm glad to hear that your English is top-notch!

In case you need to remove the co-authorship urgently, you could still try doing it via the GitHub web interface. However, if you prefer to use GitHub Desktop, here are some steps that may help:

1. Open GitHub Desktop and go to the repository where the commit was made.
2. Click on the 'History' tab and locate the commit you want to modify.
3. Click 'Revert the Commit.'
4. Select the commit to highlight it and choose the 'Undo' option.
5. This will generate a new commit with the previous commit's changes removed, including the co-authorship.
6. Review the changes and commit them with a new commit message.

I hope that helps! Let me know if it works for you.

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