change the author of old commit code example
Example 1: 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 <[email protected]> --no-edit'"
Example 2: git change author of last 2 commits
git rebase -i YOUR_SHA -x "git commit --amend --author 'New Name <[email protected]>' -CHEAD"