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[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-filter-branch.txt
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@@ -332,6 +332,26 @@ git filter-branch --msg-filter '
 ' HEAD~10..HEAD
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
+The `--env-filter` option can be used to modify committer and/or author
+identity.  For example, if you found out that your commits have the wrong
+identity due to a misconfigured user.email, you can make a correction,
+before publishing the project, like this:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+git filter-branch --env-filter '
+       if test "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "root@localhost"
+       then
+               GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=john@example.com
+               export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+       fi
+       if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "root@localhost"
+       then
+               GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=john@example.com
+               export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
+       fi
+' -- --all
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
 To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision
 range in addition to the new branch name.  The new branch name will
 point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range