[PATCH 2/2] Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example
- From
Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski <yess@hell.org.pl>
- Date
- Feb 21, 2013, 20:23 UTC
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- <5126824A.2060903@hell.org.pl>
filter-branch --env-filter example that shows how to change the email address in all commits before publishing a project.
Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski <yess@hell.org.pl> --- Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index e50ee2f..660bd32 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -329,6 +329,27 @@ git filter-branch --msg-filter ' ' HEAD~10..HEAD -------------------------------------------------------- +The `--env-filter` option can be used to modify committer and/or author +identity. For example, if you found out that your commits have the wrong +identity due to a misconfigured user.email, you can make a correction, +before publishing the project, like this: + + +-------------------------------------------------------- +git filter-branch --env-filter ' + if test "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "root@localhost" + then + GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=john@example.com + export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL + fi + if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "root@localhost" + then + GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=john@example.com + export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL + fi +' -- --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
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