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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 20 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index c915d0570d..69a40b2107 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -332,6 +332,26 @@ 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 |