How to change author of a commit?

[clintonmead]

I understand when amending a commit I can change the author to myself, but is there anyway to change the author of a commit to someone else, without going into the settings and changing my name/email and then changing it back? I'd just like to change the author temporarily.

[love-linger]

If you are editing commit, I recommend that you use the Co-authored-by: keyword to specify the developers associated with the final modification results.

[love-linger]

[clintonmead]

If you are editing commit, I recommend that you use the Co-authored-by: keyword to specify the developers associated with the final modification results.

This is useful, but I'd still like to (additionally) edit the author directly, so I can see a different author in the commit history at a glance (and also in a git blame) without having to dive into the commit message.

[love-linger]

I do not think it is a good idea.

If the modifications in a commit are entirely completed by others, we should either keep it in current branch or cherry-pick it from another branch to our own branch (cherry-picking will retain the original author information without changing it).

[love-linger]

If you really need this function, it is recommended to use Custom Action.

• Name: Reset HEAD's Author
• Scope: Repository
• Input Controls: you need add two textbox input controls
  • Label: Author, Type: TextBox, Description: Author's name, Default:
  • Label: Email, Type: TextBox, Description: Author's email, Default:
• Executable File: your git install path
• Arguments: commit --amend --author="$1 <$2>"