# Rewriting history - email/author change on match? 2 messages from 2024-09-30 to 2024-09-30. Participants: Dom (shymega) Rodriguez, Kristoffer Haugsbakk. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/62222 ## Dom (shymega) Rodriguez, 2024-09-30 22:04 Subject: Rewriting history - email/author change on match? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/biapebw5nsonirhirnunsgu4wnbynt4zdn4rud5kdvwljnpz63%403hc3ujx2gosw ``` 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, 2024-09-30 22:22 Subject: Re: Rewriting history - email/author change on match? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/c1cba0df-a8a9-4f33-954e-765a5b2cea8c%40app.fastmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Oct 1, 2024, at 00:04, Dom (shymega) Rodriguez wrote: > 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 ```