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git change author of first commit

git rebase -i --root --exec 'git commit --amend --reset-author --no-edit'

git change commit author for all commits

# Changes the username and email of all commits from the start.
git rebase -i --root -x "git commit --amend --author='YOUR_USERNAME <user@example.com> --no-edit'"

How to change git author

git commit --amend --author="Author Name <email@address.com>" --no-edit

git change commit author

 git rebase -i HEAD~2
 git commit --amend --author="Cesar Bueno <cesar.bueno.tx@gmail.com>"
 git rebase --continue

change commit author

Reset your username to the config globally: git config --global user.name example.
Reset your email to the config globally: git config --global user.email example@email.com.
Now reset the author of your commit without edit required: git commit --amend --reset-author --no-edit.

Git command to Change the Author Information Just for the Next Commit

git commit --author="soft hunt <softhunt@softhunt.net>"

git change author multiple commits

git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

git rebase -i YOUR_SHA -x "git commit --amend --reset-author -CHEAD"

change latest commit author

$ git commit --amend --author="John Doe <john@doe.org>" --no-edit
$ git rebase --continue

git change author of last 2 commits

git rebase -i YOUR_SHA -x "git commit --amend --author 'New Name <new_address@example.com>' -CHEAD"

change previous commits author

$ git filter-branch --env-filter '
WRONG_EMAIL="wrong@example.com"
NEW_NAME="New Name Value"
NEW_EMAIL="correct@example.com"

if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
    export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
    export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
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