'
+author="The Real Author <someguy@his.email.org>"
+test_expect_success 'amend commit to fix author' '
+
+ oldtick=$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git reset --hard &&
+ git cat-file -p HEAD |
+ sed -e "s/author.*/author $author $oldtick/" \
+ -e "s/^\(committer.*> \).*$/\1$GIT_COMMITTER_DATE/" > \
+ expected &&
+ git commit --amend --author="$author" &&
+ git cat-file -p HEAD > current &&
+ diff expected current
+
+'
test_done