Question

After initting a repository , I commit once without configuring name and email .
and then I edit a file in repository and then commit again without configuring name and email.
and now I excute below commands to update name and email :

git config --global user.name "name" 
git config --global user.email [e-mail] 
git commit --amend -m "some information" 

I use git gui to check the modified file , and find the committer is right my name and email . but the author still keep it was like my computer’s name@host . How can i let it right .
thanks in advance .

Answer 1

The nice solution is to use --reset-author:

git commit --amend --reset-author

Another possibility would be an amend with the --author option:

git commit --amend --author="My Name <[e-mail]>"

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Resources:

• git-commit manual