Could I change my name and surname in all previous commits?
Use git-filter-branch
.
git filter-branch --commit-filter 'if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "Josh Lee" ];
then export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Hobo Bob"; export [email protected];
fi; git commit-tree "$@"'
This only affects the author, not the committer (which for most commits will be the same as the author). If you want to rewrite those as well, set the GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
variables.
The standard warning about rewriting history applies; only do it to history that has not yet been shared.
June 2018 Update
The manual now includes a solution, using --env-filter
, in its examples: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch#_examples :
git filter-branch --env-filter '
if test "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "root@localhost"
then
[email protected]
fi
if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "root@localhost"
then
[email protected]
fi
' -- --all
To rewrite both author and commiter in all selected commits:
git filter-branch --commit-filter \
'if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "OldAuthor Name" ]; then \
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Author Name";\
export [email protected];\
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Commmiter Name";\
export [email protected];\
fi;\
git commit-tree "$@"'
If there are no other authors, you can do:
git filter-branch --commit-filter 'export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="authorname"; \
export [email protected]; git commit-tree "$@"'