Re: Changing author of an already accepted change

[Juan Jose Martin Carrascosa <juanjo () rti com>]

Then it's OK. I just wanted to be coherent with everyone's changes.

I have done this in my machine, so in the future changes it appears
correctly:

git config --global user.name "Juanjo Martin"

Thanks for the quick response!

Juanjo Martin


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Evan Huus <eapache () gmail com> wrote:

> Unfortunately it's been written in stone at this point. There is
> basically no way to modify history for a widely-distributed project
> like this (amending that commit would cause all sorts of conflicts for
> everybody who has a copy of the current git repository).
>
> The best we can do is probably add a note to the AUTHORS file or
> something...
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Juan Jose Martin Carrascosa
> <juanjo () rti com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My change has been accepted and merged to master, and I wonder if it
> would
> > be possible to change the author that appears in "git log".
> >
> > Currently it shows Juanjo, and since everyone is showing their last
> name, it
> > would be great to show "Juanjo Martin".
> >
> > How can I change that? I have seen that doing:
> >
> >  git commit --amend --author="Juanjo Martin <juanjo () rti com>"
> >
> >  I can do that, but that change must be accepted too, right?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Juanjo Martin
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