From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Stephen Sinclair" Subject: Re: Retroactively change email signature? Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:06:37 -0500 Message-ID: <9b3e2dc20801021406h46a73ef3ye0c4613d6472a4b3@mail.gmail.com> References: <9b3e2dc20801021237v4d5d236fn3d2643502b9bb78f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 02 23:07:09 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JABjx-0003Qw-8k for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:07:09 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753553AbYABWGl (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:06:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754062AbYABWGl (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:06:41 -0500 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.179]:31628 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752893AbYABWGk (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:06:40 -0500 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so10115727pyb.10 for ; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:06:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=RNN9huhMEGuajj3FB2BllcBaO/JJJVHg+hjL3asYkVQ=; b=cmGlGngV31Lfz68ou+8SPXWEsSOSKJAqpLM6A3rGsSnnG8I1gF7dVRPe6wlL2JpDGWpYr31Y0MEX1a/U63Z5Yfo7oAhf1q+austcX/6Fkjg9CQCMvXqJyJLi6IBb1LJrmDu256oV60VqueqSnCjhvQyNvdgmINZJoqgAfrYjkKQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BKbwOEsqweJv83dQw79S3RiiYy8BSwSrRo2+87jHQbWvIN6i6187UF+VDMnOk5zyhFn9Dg06JtkNWdNZeJ9dngaNdm5C67/0501eTJxVjZbh7VLR2UC1B1zkt2jHKzRrPLUTlS8CuBLXR9qWqi3kg6AAsCt+sCOWIg8eehOc+4c= Received: by 10.141.15.19 with SMTP id s19mr7219533rvi.205.1199311597992; Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:06:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.188.1 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 14:06:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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