[PATCH] Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example

From

Tade <yess@hell.org.pl>

Date

Feb 13, 2013, 19:47 UTC

Message-ID

<511BEDDF.7010800@hell.org.pl>

filter-branch --env-filter example that shows how to change the email address
in all commits by a certain developer.
---
  Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index dfd12c9..2664cec 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -329,6 +329,19 @@ git filter-branch --msg-filter '
  ' HEAD~10..HEAD
  --------------------------------------------------------
  
+You can modify committer/author personal information using `--env-filter`.
+For example, to update some developer's email address use this command:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+git filter-branch --env-filter '
+	if [ $GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL =john@old.example.com  ]
+	then
+		GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=john@new.example.com
+	fi
+	export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+' -- --all
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
  To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision
  range in addition to the new branch name.  The new branch name will
  point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range
-- 1.7.11.7