Change details about an author identity. Since this command rewrites the Git history, `--force` will be needed when pushing next time.
Part of `git-extras`.
More information.
- Change an author's email and name across the whole Git repository:
git reauthor --old-email {old@example.com} --correct-email {new@example.com} --correct-name "{name}"
- Change the email and name to the ones defined in the Git config:
git reauthor --old-email {old@example.com} --use-config
- Change the email and name of all commits, regardless of their original author:
git reauthor --all --correct-email {name@example.com} --correct-name {name}
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