git-blame-someone-else

Blame someone else

$ git blame-someone-else "[Author Name] <email@example.com>" [commit]

$ git blame-someone-else "[Name] <email>" HEAD

$ git blame-someone-else "[Name] <email>" [abc123]

git blame-someone-else author commit

git blame-someone-else is a humorous git-extras command that rewrites a commit's author. Despite the playful name, it serves legitimate purposes like fixing incorrect author attribution.
The command uses git's commit amendment capabilities to change the author while preserving other commit metadata. It rewrites history, creating a new commit with the same changes but different authorship.
Despite the humorous name, it has legitimate uses such as correcting author information when commits were made with misconfigured user settings or from a shared development environment.

AUTHOR

New author in "Name <email>" format.

Commit hash to modify.

Display help information.

Rewrites history. Don't use on shared branches. The name is a joke; use responsibly for fixing attribution errors.

git blame-someone-else is part of git-extras, created as a humorous addition to the toolkit while serving legitimate commit repair needs.

git-blame(1), git-commit(1)