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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. cytopia/git-rewrite-author ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) cytopia/git-rewrite-author ========================== Rewrite git author and committer history (locally and remotely). 0.2(10y ago)161.6k3MITShell Since Oct 10Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/cytopia/git-rewrite-author)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cytopia/git-rewrite-author)[ Docs](https://github.com/cytopia/git-rewrite-author)[ RSS](/packages/cytopia-git-rewrite-author/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (3)Used By (0) git-rewrite-author ================== [](#git-rewrite-author) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/93d97d8fe4dad300e49c82fce75d56045a2a231b8d1a5ccf8d20f783aadba937/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6379746f7069612f6769742d726577726974652d617574686f722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/cytopia/git-rewrite-author)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f20ec2e2dd33c31d678c0488cc716f62f8522b14bbda9c44fb2d104d51625da6/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6379746f7069612f6769742d726577726974652d617574686f722f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/cytopia/git-rewrite-author) [![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/344de589a9cff7a213786b09acf37142cee2b4b91ec4e4fada93303032ad8f2c/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6379746f7069612f6769742d726577726974652d617574686f722f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/cytopia/git-rewrite-author) [![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/54d555bfcc7aa6e2d1030a821b5bb89b1d08f46e579baaf0ef2ea66bfd640bcf/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6379746f7069612f6769742d726577726974652d617574686f722f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/cytopia/git-rewrite-author) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/388717bb4c83408a9a0ef9860d4b15e3000cdb5aa719d2ddbd7b0a9a59176ec0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6379746f7069612f6769742d726577726974652d617574686f722f6c6963656e7365)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)[![POSIX](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/feb63e4a980dfcca96f4cc1f5d5a8ed53ea3951e4db4bc39427267e5245978bd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f706f7369782d3130302532352d627269676874677265656e2e737667)](https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=POSIX)[![Type](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/466a2aaa559c1fa8990a00e9b3d30900ae8559d4f772913b12b1cd334e0ffeac/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f747970652d25324662696e25324673682d7265642e737667)](https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bourne_shell) `git-rewrite-author` is a shell tool to manipulate the author and committer git history. You can use this tool to replace a specific git author/committer email with a different one. **For example:** You have accidentally committed and pushed something urgent from your production server... ``` commit 70dbf556b735a7e1729f79b36502829415c037dd Author: Charly Root Date: Sat Oct 10 18:30:01 2015 +0200 Applied Security Fix ``` ...and now you see that your git author history is not very tidy anymore. Can this be changed? Of course :-) Read more details at **[everythingcli.org](http://www.everythingcli.org/git-like-a-pro-rewrite-author-history/)** 1. Features ----------- [](#1-features) - List all current git authors and committers (name and email) - Search author/committer by email and replace with different name and email - Show how all commands work (`--dry` option) 2. Usage -------- [](#2-usage) ### 2.1 All options [](#21-all-options) ``` Usage: git-rewrite-author -l [--dry] git-rewrite-author -r [--dry] git-rewrite-author -h git-rewrite-author -v -l List current authors and committers in git -r Rewrite history from to and --dry (optional) Do not do anything, just print the command. -v Show version information. -h Show this help screen. ``` ### 2.2 List all authors [](#22-list-all-authors) ``` $ git-rewrite-author -l cytopia ``` ### 2.3 Replace author [](#23-replace-author) ``` # Rewrite hisstory $ git-rewrite-author -r "cytopia@everythingcli.org" "better@email.com" "Cool Name" # See who is left in the history $ git-rewrite-author -l Cool Name ``` 3. Installation --------------- [](#3-installation) You can download `git-rewrite-author` via git or composer: ``` # git git clone -https://github.com/cytopia/git-rewrite-author.git # composer composer require cytopia/git-rewrite-author ``` Afterwards just execute the `install.sh`, it will simply symlink the file to your home binary directory. So whenever you update the git repository afterwards, the symlink will always point to that version. ``` $ ./install.sh Symlink git-rewrite-author to ~/bin? (Y/n)y ``` 4. Contribution --------------- [](#4-contribution) Contributors are welcome. 5. License ---------- [](#5-license) [![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/388717bb4c83408a9a0ef9860d4b15e3000cdb5aa719d2ddbd7b0a9a59176ec0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6379746f7069612f6769742d726577726974652d617574686f722f6c6963656e7365)](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit) ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 62% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity24 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity54 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~0 days Total 2 Last Release 3908d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/527dbe351b75d33be6d5428502783ceb57e86949892a0a0062f24199772aabae?d=identicon)[cytopia](/maintainers/cytopia) --- Top Contributors [![cytopia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12533999?v=4)](https://github.com/cytopia "cytopia (14 commits)") --- Tags gitgit-committergit authorgit historyrewrite git history ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/cytopia-git-rewrite-author/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/cytopia-git-rewrite-author/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/cytopia-git-rewrite-author) ``` ### Alternatives [czproject/git-php Library for work with Git repository in PHP. 5555.1M102](/packages/czproject-git-php)[cypresslab/gitelephant An abstraction layer for git written in PHP 6131.1M28](/packages/cypresslab-gitelephant)[teqneers/php-stream-wrapper-for-git Git Stream Wrapper for PHP 2862.2M8](/packages/teqneers-php-stream-wrapper-for-git)[bruli/php-git-hooks Git hooks for PHP projects. 669371.6k5](/packages/bruli-php-git-hooks)[marcocesarato/php-conventional-changelog Generate changelogs and release notes from a project's commit messages and metadata and automate versioning with semver.org and conventionalcommits.org 2521.4M117](/packages/marcocesarato-php-conventional-changelog)[ramsey/conventional-commits A PHP library for creating and validating commit messages according to the Conventional Commits specification. 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