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Rewriting history - email/author change on match?

Subject: Rewriting history - email/author change on match?

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2 messages between Sep 30, 2024 and Sep 30, 2024.

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Dom (shymega) Rodriguez· Sep 30, 2024, 22:04 UTC · lore
Hello,

I've got a few private repos that I am the sole contributor to, but some commits are under my usual Git author+email. These commits are automated, and I'd like to rewrite commits that match the commit message (the message is consistent) and the 'old' author+email to a new author+email, but retain the commit message.

The tool that springs to mind is `git-filter-branch`. However, I've also come across `git-filter-repo` on GitHub.

I'm a little confused, and I wanted to ask for advice on the list. I did try using `git-filter-branch`, but got lost quickly with `--commit-filter/`--msg-filter`.

I also found a 'users' Git mailing list on Google Groups, but by the warning I got from Google, it has a spam issue. If this is the wrong place to ask for help, please do let me know.

Thank you.

Best wishes, -- Dom Rodriguez GPG Fingerprint: EB0D 45E6 D0DC 1BA1 A2B5 FC24 72DC F123 1E54 BD43

Kristoffer Haugsbakk· Sep 30, 2024, 22:22 UTC · re: Dom (shymega) Rodriguez · lore

Re: Rewriting history - email/author change on match?

On Tue, Oct 1, 2024, at 00:04, Dom (shymega) Rodriguez wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I've got a few private repos that I am the sole contributor to, but some
> commits are under my usual Git author+email. These commits are
> automated, and I'd like to rewrite commits that match the commit message
> (the message is consistent) and the 'old' author+email to a new
> author+email, but retain the commit message.
>
> The tool that springs to mind is `git-filter-branch`. However, I've also
> come across `git-filter-repo` on GitHub.
>
> I'm a little confused, and I wanted to ask for advice on the list. I did
> try using `git-filter-branch`, but got lost quickly with
> `--commit-filter/`--msg-filter`.
git-filter-repo(1) is better—even `man git-filter-branch` recommends it.
> I also found a 'users' Git mailing list on Google Groups, but by the
> warning I got from Google, it has a spam issue. If this is the wrong
> place to ask for help, please do let me know.
Yes.  That place is dead.  Avoid it.
Or it was when I looked at it back in February.
https://lore.kernel.org/git/339f17e1-c6a0-4859-aa5b-481dd6e0e91b@app.fastmail.com/
-- 
Kristoffer Haugsbakk

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