Am 18.01.2012 18:49 schrieb Sam Steingold:
> Hi,
> I am trying to push:
> $ git status
> # On branch master
> # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 4 commits.
> #
> nothing to commit (working directory clean)
> $
> but `git push` fails with this:
>
> remote: ERROR: Rejecting update because this commit email is not from ZZZ
>
> What I need to do is
> - modify the 4 commits with a different e-mail and do `git push` again
> - make sure that all my commits in this repo are done with the correct e-mail
>
> how do I do this?
>
> thanks!
>
Hi Sam,
to modify the last 4 commits you can use git filter-branch (see the
manpage):
$ git checkout master
$ git filter-branch --env-filter \
'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="sds@xxxxxxx" \
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Sam Steingold"' \
HEAD~4..HEAD
It should tell you that it rewrites 4 commits. The original tree is
saved under original/refs/heads/master. If sth. went wrong, reset your
master to that point (easiest with gitk, it's steel blue). If it worked,
you can delete the original/refs/heads/master like so:
$ git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" \
refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 git update-ref -d
Note: Whether it worked or not, remove the original refs afterwards,
because a second run of git filter-branch will fail if there's already
an "original" tree.
To change your address for future commits configure it in .gitconfig in
your $HOME (--global) or on a per repo basis in .git/config (--local):
$ git config --global user.email "sds@xxxxxxx"
$ git config --global user.name "Sam Steingold"
Or use git gui for this step (Edit -> Options).
HTH
Dirk
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