Thanks, this seems useful, I'm saving it. Does it create an alternate history for the branch? It would seem to me like it does.
No. it just replaces author name and email in the entire git history. It does not change anything else like commit, branch, committed date.
entire git history
does not change anything else
Edit: It changes the hash. Thanks to @daniguardiola
So the commit hashes stay the same? I though the authorship was part of the hash pre-image
Sorry, I was wrong. I just checked It changes the git hash. Thanks. I will update the post.
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Thanks, this seems useful, I'm saving it. Does it create an alternate history for the branch? It would seem to me like it does.
No. it just replaces author name and email in the
entire git history. Itdoes not change anything elselike commit, branch, committed date.Edit: It changes the hash. Thanks to @daniguardiola
So the commit hashes stay the same? I though the authorship was part of the hash pre-image
Sorry, I was wrong. I just checked It changes the git hash. Thanks. I will update the post.