From: Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:23:38 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=21b6e4f24c74755d700d59edd47d5b88ff56ea5d;p=~andy%2Fgit Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example filter-branch --env-filter example that shows how to change the email address in all commits before publishing a project. Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index c915d0570..69a40b210 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -332,6 +332,26 @@ git filter-branch --msg-filter ' ' HEAD~10..HEAD -------------------------------------------------------- +The `--env-filter` option can be used to modify committer and/or author +identity. For example, if you found out that your commits have the wrong +identity due to a misconfigured user.email, you can make a correction, +before publishing the project, like this: + +-------------------------------------------------------- +git filter-branch --env-filter ' + if test "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "root@localhost" + then + GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=john@example.com + export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL + fi + if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "root@localhost" + then + GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=john@example.com + export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL + fi +' -- --all +-------------------------------------------------------- + To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range