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Save your bacon, rewrite commits! (Just be responsible. And ethical.)
git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
WRONG_EMAIL="<WRONG e-mail address>"
NEW_NAME="<RIGHT name>"
NEW_EMAIL="RIGHT e-mail address"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
git push --force-with-lease origin <branch name>
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