# git commit --amend --author troubles.

2 messages from 2010-04-20 to 2010-04-20. Participants: Aghiles, Sverre Rabbelier.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23539

## Aghiles, 2010-04-20 19:18

Subject: git commit --amend --author troubles.
Message-ID: <j2n3abd05a91004201218k73256ecaj8921f3bd7e9cc20d@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/j2n3abd05a91004201218k73256ecaj8921f3bd7e9cc20d%40mail.gmail.com

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Hello,

Just did a 'git init .' and then committed some files. git rightfully
told me to check my user name and suggested the '--amend'
and '--author' flags to change the author of my first commit.
I tried it immediately but 'git log' shows the initial user as if
nothing has changed. The amended commit message also
shows the original name (in the comment).

git version 1.7.0.3

  -- aghiles

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## Sverre Rabbelier, 2010-04-20 19:29

Subject: Re: git commit --amend --author troubles.
Message-ID: <m2pfabb9a1e1004201229zd3b75801j5889783724669225@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m2pfabb9a1e1004201229zd3b75801j5889783724669225%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <j2n3abd05a91004201218k73256ecaj8921f3bd7e9cc20d@mail.gmail.com>

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Heya,

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 21:18, Aghiles <aghilesk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just did a 'git init .' and then committed some files. git rightfully
> told me to check my user name and suggested the '--amend'
> and '--author' flags to change the author of my first commit.
> I tried it immediately but 'git log' shows the initial user as if
> nothing has changed. The amended commit message also
> shows the original name (in the comment).

Weird, works for me (on git 1.7.1):

sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code$ git init firsttest
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sverre/code/firsttest/.git/
sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code$ cd firsttest/
sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ echo "hi" > foo
sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git add foo
sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git commit -m "Initial commit"
[master (root-commit) 6284b75] woot
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 foo
sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git commit --amend --author="Piet"
fatal: No existing author found with 'Piet'
sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git commit --amend
--author="Piet Hein <piet.hein@example.com>"
[master 17ff92a] Initial commit
 Author: Piet Hein <piet.hein@example.com>
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 foo

Could you post a similar example?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

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