Rewriting history - email/author change on match?

Rewriting history - email/author change on match?

[Dom (shymega) Rodriguez]

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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`.

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

[Kristoffer Haugsbakk]

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/

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk