From 0a51a8c86c51b2ae869d1cabd18532ade441389d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nav1s <42621369+nav1s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:15:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] git-reauthor: add page (#6651) --- pages/common/git-reauthor.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/common/git-reauthor.md diff --git a/pages/common/git-reauthor.md b/pages/common/git-reauthor.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..b8308e1dcc509 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/git-reauthor.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# git reauthor + +> Change details about an author identity. Since this command rewrites the Git history, `--force` will be needed when pushing next time. +> Part of `git-extras`. +> More information: . + +- Change an author's email and name across the whole Git repository: + +`git reauthor --old-email {{old@example.com}} --correct-email {{new@example.com}} --correct-name "{{name}}"` + +- Change the email and name to the ones defined in the Git config: + +`git reauthor --old-email {{old@example.com}} --use-config` + +- Change the email and name of all commits, regardless of their original author: + +`git reauthor --all --correct-email {{name@example.com}} --correct-name {{name}}`