Re: Wrong author name in git commit

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Nice, thanks you very much. It can be very useful for later.

2012/3/15 Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 08:49:07AM +0100, Romain Forlot wrote:
>> I have configured git after the wrong commit. The problem is more on
>> the existing commit. But it appears that I miss cloning git
>> repository. So, commit isn't go online and everything is fine.
>>
> git commit --amend --author="..."
>
> That will let you edit the HEAD commit's message and update the author
> name/email
>
> if you want to change commits farther back:
>
> 1) git rebase -i <first commit to fix>^
> 2)(1) will pop up an editor, between each picked commit, insert this line:
>   x git commit --amend --autor"..."
>   see the git-rebase man page for details
> 3) close the editor
> 4) Save/exit after each commit pops up.
>
> Neil
>
>> Sorry for inconvenience.
>>
>> 2012/3/15 Gerard Ryan <galileo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > On Wed 14 Mar 2012 10:53:00 PM GMT, E Deon Lackey wrote:
>> >
>> > > Yes, there is a way to change that. You can do...
>> > > $ git config --global user.name "Romain Forlot "
>> > > $ git config --global user.email "rforlot@xxxxxxxxx"
>> > >
>> > > ...to reset your email and username preferences. That will always do
>> > > 'git commit' as "Romain Forlot <rforlot@xxxxxxxxx>."
>> > >
>> > > You can also do....
>> > >
>> > > $ git commit -a -m "message" --author Romain Forlot <rforlot@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > > --author overrides whatever the config setting is.
>> > >
>> > > HTH,
>> > > Deon
>> > >
>> > > P.S. Those only apply to new commits; I don't know of a way to edit an
>> > > existing commit.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 3/14/2012 5:36 PM, Romain Forlot wrote:
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >>
>> > >> I do my first commit on user guide doc but I do not have configured
>> > >> git to use a specific name and mail address. So, I see that my git
>> > >> commit using 'git log' showing Claneys Skyne
>> > >> "Author: Claneys Skyne <claneys.skyne@xxxxxxxxx
>> > >> <mailto:claneys.skyne@xxxxxxxxx>>"
>> > >> instead of:
>> > >> "Author: Romain Forlot <rforlot@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:rforlot@xxxxxxxxx>>"
>> > >>
>> > >> Is it possible to change that ?
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks.
>> > >> --
>> > >> *Romain Forlot*
>> > >>
>> > >> pub 4096R/862907E5 2011-05-26
>> > >> Key fingerprint = 4549 A7CA 17DC D0AA 0FE0 7953 E6A8 A0C8 8629 07E5
>> > >> uid Romain Forlot <rforlot@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:rforlot@xxxxxxxxx>>
>> > >> sub 4096R/153E34C2 2011-05-26
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > Note: I don't know too much about git, but I think this should work. I'd
>> > suggest maybe waiting until someone more experienced verifies what I say
>> > here before trying it!
>> >
>> > I think if you do what Deon has suggested, then do the following to go
>> > back to before you made the commit:
>> >
>> > $ git reset --soft HEAD~1
>> >
>> > Then it should be in the state you left it right before you made the
>> > commit (i.e. with all your changes staged, just not committed). Doing
>> > the same git commit command again now (with your config updated), should
>> > do what you want.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Gerard Ryan :: galileo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :: http://gerard.ryan.lt/blog
>> > PGP Fingerprint: AA11 A666 C98E B6D8 231C 11ED 6EDC 7E4A 62BC 4A15
>> >
>>
>> --
>> *Romain Forlot*
>>
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>> uid Romain Forlot <rforlot@xxxxxxxxx>
>> sub 4096R/153E34C2 2011-05-26
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