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Reputation: 1326

Commits not linking to Github account

I made a repository online on github and then cloned it to my linux desktop. I pushed a few commits but noticed they were greyed out on the commits page. Commits are greyed out

These commits don't show up on my profile page. When I check the .patch for these commits I see my username but a different email. Both emails are linked to my account. Is there a way to link these commits to my account?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 313

Answers (1)

Noor A Shuvo
Noor A Shuvo

Reputation: 2807

Open Git Bash. Create a fresh, bare clone of your repository:

git clone --bare https://github.com/user/repo.git    
cd repo.git

Then, copy and paste the script, replacing the following variables based on the information you gathered:

#!/bin/sh

git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="[email protected]"
CORRECT_NAME="Your Correct Name"
CORRECT_EMAIL="[email protected]"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
    export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
    export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags

Press Enter to run the script. Review the new Git history for errors. Push the corrected history to GitHub:

git push --force --tags origin 'refs/heads/*'

Clean up the temporary clone:

cd ..
rm -rf repo.git

That's it.

Upvotes: 1

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