Re: Retroactively change email signature?

["Stephen Sinclair" <radarsat1@gmail.com>]

Thanks, I was able to use git-filter-branch to accomplish what I wanted.
I should have mentioned in the original email that it is not a widely
distributed repo, so I'm not too worried about breaking things at this
point.  I guess for a larger project it might be a problem, so I
probably just wouldn't do it.

> BUT! See also the big bold-face warning: using "filter-branch" will not
> change old commits, it will create a series of *new* commits that bear a
> striking resemblance to the old ones, but are not the same. So you'll have
> a totally new history.

Got it, thanks.
I'll just have to remember to git-config properly next time I do this.

One thing that's a bit odd for me is that I use a different email
address for this particular project..
Conveniently I'm able to use git-config to set an email address
locally for this repo, however I have to remember to do this every
time I clone it somewhere.  Not a problem, necessarily, but perhaps
just a matter of training myself.

For example, I have a clone of this repo on a Linux, Windows, and OS X
machine, and also another clone for each on my laptop..  git is
actually turning out to be great for doing all this swapping between
machines, but it does take a little training to remember to set the
configuration, since there's no central repo to ask me for my username
and password before I can commit.


cheers,
Steve