git-rewrite.sh

git-rewrite.sh

#!/bin/sh

#===============================================================================
# This script will rewrite the history of your git commits based on the if condition below at line 20
# In this personal usage example, I add email to all commits that are without email set, and set my correct name
#===============================================================================

export GIT_REWRITE_LOG_FILE=/git-rewrite.log
echo '' > $GIT_REWRITE_LOG_FILE;

#git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
git filter-branch --env-filter '
NEW_NAME="Kristi Jorgji"
NEW_EMAIL="[email protected]"

function log() {
  ts=$(date +'%F_%H_%M_%S');
  echo "[$ts] $1" >> ${GIT_REWRITE_LOG_FILE};
}

if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "=" ]
then
    log "$GIT_COMMIT";
    log "*** Renaming commiter name, email and author name email for this commit ***";
    log "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME => $NEW_NAME";
    log "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL => $NEW_EMAIL";
    log "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME => $NEW_NAME";
    log "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL => $NEW_EMAIL";
    log "------------------------------------------------------\n"

    export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
    export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
    export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
    export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi

' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags