Heya, On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 21:18, Aghiles <aghilesk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just did a 'git init .' and then committed some files. git rightfully > told me to check my user name and suggested the '--amend' > and '--author' flags to change the author of my first commit. > I tried it immediately but 'git log' shows the initial user as if > nothing has changed. The amended commit message also > shows the original name (in the comment). Weird, works for me (on git 1.7.1): sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code$ git init firsttest Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sverre/code/firsttest/.git/ sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code$ cd firsttest/ sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ echo "hi" > foo sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git add foo sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git commit -m "Initial commit" [master (root-commit) 6284b75] woot 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 foo sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git commit --amend --author="Piet" fatal: No existing author found with 'Piet' sverre@laptop-sverre:~/code/firsttest$ git commit --amend --author="Piet Hein <piet.hein@xxxxxxxxxxx>" [master 17ff92a] Initial commit Author: Piet Hein <piet.hein@xxxxxxxxxxx> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 foo Could you post a similar example? -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html