https://github.com/itsrainingmani/switch-author

Change author information for a series of commits in a repo
https://github.com/itsrainingmani/switch-author

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Change author information for a series of commits in a repo

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/itsrainingmani/switch-author
• Owner: itsrainingmani
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-09-05T14:15:12.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-30T18:44:19.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-01T06:44:26.183Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: author, git, npm-package
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/switch-author
• Size: 131 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# switch-author

switch-author automates the process of changing the author information for a series of commits in a repository.

## Installation

```shell

npm install -g switch-author

```

Optionally you can also use switch-author without installing it globally by using npx

```shell

npx switch-author

```

## Usage

### Basics

To use the switch-author command, the _--name_ and _--email_ arguments are necessary.

```shell

switch-author --name "Firstname Lastname" --email email@address.com

```

### Optional

You can also specify the number of commits from HEAD you want to change author information for by using the _--commits_ argument.

```shell

switch-author --name "Firstname Lastname" --email email@address.com --commits 10

```

This will affect the 10 most recent commits

### Help

See all available options for switch-author

```shell

switch-author --help

```