> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dev-notes.urbontaitis.lt/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://dev-notes.urbontaitis.lt/git/change-author-info.md).

# Changing author info

Copy and paste the script, replacing the following variables based on the information you gathered:

```
OLD_EMAIL
CORRECT_NAME
CORRECT_EMAIL
```

```bash
#!/bin/sh

git filter-branch --env-filter '

OLD_EMAIL="your-old-email@example.com"
CORRECT_NAME="Mindaugas Urbontaitis"
CORRECT_EMAIL="your-correc-email@example.com"

if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
    export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
    export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags
```

> Source: <https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/changing-author-info>