Rewrite commit authors using git-filter-repo

by Jii
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Previously, people used git-filter-branch ↗ to rewrite commit history but it is no longer used or used less as it’s somewhat deprecated as of Git 2.24, Q4 2019 ↗. Instead, I can now use git-filter-repo ↗.

git filter-repo is not only faster than the git filter-branch but also equipped with more capabilities.

Installation

brew

Since I’m using macOS, I can use Homebrew to easily install it.

brew install git-filter-repo

After the installation, I can use either git filter-repo or git-filter-repo with the dash.

pip

Alternatively, I can use pip to install the package:

python3 -m pip install --user git-filter-repo

Make sure the path to python is added on the path, otherwise I’ll need to use absolute path to where it is installed.

<PATH TO PYTHON>/<VERSION>/bin/git-filter-repo