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DISCUSSION Jacob Kroon 4 participants 8 messages Jun 15, 2016

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When I started my git repository for my project, I never setup GIT_AUTHOR_NAME etc. correctly, so my commit messages used the default information, "<jacob@skeletor.(none)>", "skeletor" being the hostname of the computer I'm working on. I'd like to change it so that the messages will contain correct information about my e-mail and username. I noticed that this question has been brought up here before and that the solution might be to use git-convert-objects, but that it might need some modifications.

Has anyone come up with a working tool for this task ?

I know how to make the future commits look as expected.

//Jacob

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Quoted 7 lines · Jacob Kroon

When I started my git repository for my project, I never setup GIT_AUTHOR_NAME etc. correctly, so my commit messages used the default information, "<jacob@skeletor.(none)>", "skeletor" being the hostname of the computer I'm working on. I'd like to change it so that the messages will contain correct information about my e-mail and username. I noticed that this question has been brought up here before and that the solution might be to use git-convert-objects, but that it might need some modifications.

Has anyone come up with a working tool for this task ?

Perhaps "stg uncommit"

Sam.

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In reply to Jacob Kroon
Quoted 11 lines · Jacob Kroon

When I started my git repository for my project, I never setup GIT_AUTHOR_NAME etc. correctly,
so my commit messages used the default information, "<jacob@skeletor.(none)>", "skeletor" being the
hostname of the computer I'm working on. I'd like to change it so that the messages will contain correct
information about my e-mail and username. I noticed that this question has been brought up here before
and that the solution might be to use git-convert-objects, but that it might need some modifications.

Quoted 1 line

Has anyone come up with a working tool for this task ?

I modified git-convert-objects to perform just that task. I'll see if I can dig it up (I'm not able to do so right now).

--
Jon Nelson <[email protected]>

#3 lore raw
Quoted 13 lines · Jon Nelson
Quoted 11 lines · Jacob Kroon

When I started my git repository for my project, I never setup GIT_AUTHOR_NAME etc. correctly,
so my commit messages used the default information, "<jacob@skeletor.(none)>", "skeletor" being the
hostname of the computer I'm working on. I'd like to change it so that the messages will contain correct
information about my e-mail and username. I noticed that this question has been brought up here before
and that the solution might be to use git-convert-objects, but that it might need some modifications.

Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 1 line

Has anyone come up with a working tool for this task ?

I modified git-convert-objects to perform just that task. I'll see if I can dig it up (I'm not able to do so right now).

Attached. Notes:

1. it's ugly
2. it's indented funny
3. it didn't seem to break anything for me, but no guarantees
4. it probably smells of elderberries
5. set your GIT_* environment up properly first or you'll wonder why it doesn't work like I did.

--
Jon Nelson <[email protected]>

convert-objects.c +269 -7
index b49bce2..109bfb0 100644
@@ -263,7 +263,156 @@ static void convert_date(void *buffer, u
 	newlen += size;
 
 	write_sha1_file(new, newlen, "commit", result_sha1);
-	free(new);	
+	free(new);
+}
+
+static int convert_email_line(char *dst, void **buf, unsigned long *sp, const char *name, const char *new_email)
+{
+        unsigned long size = *sp;
+        char *line = *buf;
+        char *space = strchr(line, ' ');
+	char *next = strchr(line, '\n');
+	char *email_start = strchr(line, '<');
+        char *email_end = strchr(line, '>');
+        int len, total = 0;
+
+	// "author|committer xyz <xyz> date"
+        // "committer xyz <xyz> date"
+	if (!space || !next || !email_start || !email_end)
+            die("missing or bad author/committer line %s", line);
+
+        ++space;
+        ++email_start;
+        ++next;
+
+        //fprintf(stderr, "yikes: size; %lu \"%s\"\n", size, line);
+
+        *buf = next;
+        *sp = size - (next - line);
+
+        /* copy the stuff from before the name */
+        len = space - line;
+        memcpy(dst, line, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        /* copy the new name */
+        len = strlen(name);
+        memcpy(dst, name, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        /* put a space in there */
+        *dst = ' ';
+        ++dst;
+        ++total;
+        --size;
+
+        /* put a '<' in there */
+        *dst = '<';
+        ++dst;
+        ++total;
+        --size;
+
+        /* copy the new email */
+        len = strlen(new_email);
+        memcpy(dst, new_email, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        /* copy the rest of the line */
+        len = next - email_end;
+        memcpy(dst, email_end, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        return total;
+}
+
+static void convert_authorcommitter(void *buffer, unsigned long size, unsigned char *result_sha1)
+{
+	char *new = xmalloc(size + 100);
+        unsigned long newlen = 0;
+        char *author_info = strdup(git_author_info());
+        char *committer_info = strdup(git_committer_info());
+        char *author_name, *author_email;
+        char *committer_name, *committer_email;
+        char *temp;
+
+//#define TESTING
+#ifdef TESTING
+        fprintf(stderr, "author_info: \"%s\"\n",
+                author_info);
+        fprintf(stderr, "committer_info: \"%s\"\n",
+                committer_info);
+#endif
+        author_name = author_info;
+        temp = strchr(author_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        author_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(author_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+        committer_name = committer_info;
+        temp = strchr(committer_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        committer_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(committer_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+#ifdef TESTING
+        fprintf(stderr, "author_name: \"%s\"\n", author_name);
+        fprintf(stderr, "author_email: \"%s\"\n", author_email);
+        fprintf(stderr, "committer_name: \"%s\"\n", committer_name);
+        fprintf(stderr, "committer_email: \"%s\"\n", committer_email);
+        exit(0);
+#endif
+
+	// "tree <sha1>\n"
+	memcpy(new + newlen, buffer, 46);
+	newlen += 46;
+	buffer += 46;
+	size -= 46;
+
+	// "parent <sha1>\n"
+	while (!memcmp(buffer, "parent ", 7)) {
+		memcpy(new + newlen, buffer, 48);
+		newlen += 48;
+		buffer += 48;
+		size -= 48;
+	}
+
+	// "author xyz <xyz> date"
+	// "committer xyz <xyz> date"
+        newlen += convert_email_line(new + newlen, &buffer, &size, author_name, author_email);
+        newlen += convert_email_line(new + newlen, &buffer, &size, committer_name, committer_email);
+
+	// Rest
+	memcpy(new + newlen, buffer, size);
+	newlen += size;
+
+	write_sha1_file(new, newlen, "commit", result_sha1);
+        free(new);
+        free(author_info);
+        free(committer_info);
 }
 
 static void convert_commit(void *buffer, unsigned long size, unsigned char *result_sha1)

@@ -279,7 +428,117 @@ static void convert_commit(void *buffer,
 		convert_ascii_sha1(buffer+7);
 		buffer += 48;
 	}
-	convert_date(orig_buffer, orig_size, result_sha1);
+	convert_authorcommitter(orig_buffer, orig_size, result_sha1);
+}
+
+static void convert_tag(void *buffer, unsigned long size, unsigned char *result_sha1)
+{
+	void *orig_buffer = buffer;
+
+	char *new = xmalloc(size + 100);
+        unsigned long newlen = 0;
+
+        char *author_info = strdup(git_author_info());
+        char *committer_info = strdup(git_committer_info());
+        char *author_name, *author_email;
+        char *committer_name, *committer_email;
+        char *temp;
+        unsigned long len = 0;
+        char *email_start;
+        char *email_end;
+        char *author_start;
+        int has_author = 1;
+
+        author_name = author_info;
+        temp = strchr(author_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        author_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(author_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+        committer_name = committer_info;
+        temp = strchr(committer_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        committer_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(committer_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+        //* START *//
+
+	if (memcmp(buffer, "object ", 7))
+		die("Bad tag '%s'", (char*) buffer);
+        convert_ascii_sha1(buffer+7);
+//        fprintf(stderr, "converting %s", (char *) (buffer + 7));
+        buffer += 7 + 40 + 1;    /* "object " + "hex sha1" + "\n" */
+        /* type commit
+           tag boa-0.94.14rc6
+           tagger...
+           */
+        /* with tagger, we check for tagger author_name <author_email>
+         * and if so, we convert that, too
+         */
+        temp = strchr(buffer, '\n'); /* end of commit line */
+        if (!temp) {
+            die("Bad tag '%s'", (char *) buffer);
+        }
+        ++temp;
+        temp = strchr(temp, '\n'); /* end of tag line */
+        if (!temp) {
+            die("Bad tag '%s'", (char *) buffer);
+        }
+        ++temp;
+        if (memcmp(temp, "tagger ", 7))
+            die("Bad tag '%s'", (char *) buffer);
+        temp += 7; /* just after 'tagger ' */
+
+        len = (temp - (char *) orig_buffer);
+        memcpy(new, orig_buffer, len);
+        newlen += len;
+        ++temp;
+
+        /* check to see if the next item looks like an name + email */
+        email_start = strchr(temp, '<');
+        if (email_start) {
+            email_end = strchr(email_start, '>');
+            if (email_end) {
+                author_start = strchr(temp, ' ');
+                if (author_start && author_start < email_start) {
+                    has_author = 1;
+                    newlen += sprintf(new + newlen,
+                                      "%s <%s>\n",
+                                      author_name,
+                                      author_email);
+                    len = (email_end - (char *) buffer) + 2;
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (len > size) {
+            memcpy(new + newlen, orig_buffer + len, size - len);
+            newlen += (size - len);
+        }
+//        fprintf(stderr, "About to write: %s", new);
+//        exit(0);
+
+        write_sha1_file(new, newlen, "tag", result_sha1);
+        free(new);
+        free(author_info);
+        free(committer_info);
 }
 
 static struct entry * convert_entry(unsigned char *sha1)

@@ -297,13 +556,15 @@ static struct entry * convert_entry(unsi
 
 	buffer = xmalloc(size);
 	memcpy(buffer, data, size);
-	
+
 	if (!strcmp(type, "blob")) {
 		write_sha1_file(buffer, size, "blob", entry->new_sha1);
-	} else if (!strcmp(type, "tree"))
-		convert_tree(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
-	else if (!strcmp(type, "commit"))
-		convert_commit(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
+        } else if (!strcmp(type, "tree"))
+            convert_tree(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
+        else if (!strcmp(type, "commit"))
+            convert_commit(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
+        else if (!strcmp(type, "tag"))
+            convert_tag(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
 	else
 		die("unknown object type '%s' in %s", type, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	entry->converted = 1;

@@ -318,6 +579,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct entry *entry;
 
 	setup_git_directory();
+	setup_ident();
 
 	if (argc != 2 || get_sha1(argv[1], sha1))
 		usage("git-convert-objects <sha1>");
author
#4 lore raw
Quoted 5 lines · Jon Nelson
Quoted 4 lines

I modified git-convert-objects to perform just that task. I'll see if I can dig it up (I'm not able to do so right now).

Quoted 10 lines

Attached. Notes:

1. it's ugly
2. it's indented funny
3. it didn't seem to break anything for me, but no guarantees
4. it probably smells of elderberries
5. set your GIT_* environment up properly first or you'll wonder why it doesn't work like I did.

Hi Jon,

I've applied your patch to the latest git sources, and it compiles, but I'm not quite sure how to invoke the command. I've setup GIT_* env. variables, and git-convert-objects needs a sha1 identifier. I've tried passing "HEAD", and some other commit id's, but they don't seem to make any difference. Am I doing things right ? How exactly do I invoke the command to clean up the commit messages ?

At least I don't get any error messages.

//Jacob

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Quoted 29 lines · Jacob Kroon
Quoted 5 lines · Jon Nelson
Quoted 4 lines

I modified git-convert-objects to perform just that task. I'll see if I can dig it up (I'm not able to do so right now).

Quoted 11 lines

Attached. Notes:

1. it's ugly
2. it's indented funny
3. it didn't seem to break anything for me, but no guarantees
4. it probably smells of elderberries
5. set your GIT_* environment up properly first or you'll wonder why it doesn't work like I did.

Hi Jon,

I've applied your patch to the latest git sources, and it compiles, but I'm not quite sure how to
invoke the command. I've setup GIT_* env. variables, and git-convert-objects needs a sha1 identifier.
I've tried passing "HEAD", and some other commit id's, but they don't seem to make any difference.
Am I doing things right ? How exactly do I invoke the command to clean up the commit messages ?

Quoted 1 line

At least I don't get any error messages.

If I recall properly, it should be sufficient to invoke it with the sha1 of the HEAD branch.

Thus, you could use:

git-convert-objects $(git-rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD)

To do /all/ of the branches:

for branch in $(cat .git/refs/heads/* | sort | uniq); do
git-convert-objects ${branch}
done

It should work on tags, too, although I only tested on my own git stuff which was converted from cvs.

--
Jon Nelson <[email protected]>

author
#6 lore raw

After some more private discussion (I forgot to CC the mailing list) with Jon Nelson, he came up with this strategy for fixing the author/email part of commit messages:

0. Make a backup copy of the repository, just in case.

1. Setup your GIT_AUTHOR_xxx/GIT_COMMITTER_xxx env. variables correctly.

2. Apply the attached patch to recent git sources. (patch made by Jon Nelson).

3. Run the patched git-convert-objects, passing HEAD as argument.

4. Run "git-update-ref HEAD 'newsha1'", where 'newsha1' is the output from the previous command.

5. Run "git-prune" to get rid of the old stale object files.

This worked for me, but I guess there are no warranties 8)
In case you have multiple branches you might need to repeat the procedure for each branch.

thanks Jon

//Jacob

convert-objects.c +269 -7
index b49bce2..109bfb0 100644
@@ -263,7 +263,156 @@ static void convert_date(void *buffer, u
 	newlen += size;
 
 	write_sha1_file(new, newlen, "commit", result_sha1);
-	free(new);	
+	free(new);
+}
+
+static int convert_email_line(char *dst, void **buf, unsigned long *sp, const char *name, const char *new_email)
+{
+        unsigned long size = *sp;
+        char *line = *buf;
+        char *space = strchr(line, ' ');
+	char *next = strchr(line, '\n');
+	char *email_start = strchr(line, '<');
+        char *email_end = strchr(line, '>');
+        int len, total = 0;
+
+	// "author|committer xyz <xyz> date"
+        // "committer xyz <xyz> date"
+	if (!space || !next || !email_start || !email_end)
+            die("missing or bad author/committer line %s", line);
+
+        ++space;
+        ++email_start;
+        ++next;
+
+        //fprintf(stderr, "yikes: size; %lu \"%s\"\n", size, line);
+
+        *buf = next;
+        *sp = size - (next - line);
+
+        /* copy the stuff from before the name */
+        len = space - line;
+        memcpy(dst, line, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        /* copy the new name */
+        len = strlen(name);
+        memcpy(dst, name, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        /* put a space in there */
+        *dst = ' ';
+        ++dst;
+        ++total;
+        --size;
+
+        /* put a '<' in there */
+        *dst = '<';
+        ++dst;
+        ++total;
+        --size;
+
+        /* copy the new email */
+        len = strlen(new_email);
+        memcpy(dst, new_email, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        /* copy the rest of the line */
+        len = next - email_end;
+        memcpy(dst, email_end, len);
+        dst += len;
+        total += len;
+        size -= len;
+
+        return total;
+}
+
+static void convert_authorcommitter(void *buffer, unsigned long size, unsigned char *result_sha1)
+{
+	char *new = xmalloc(size + 100);
+        unsigned long newlen = 0;
+        char *author_info = strdup(git_author_info());
+        char *committer_info = strdup(git_committer_info());
+        char *author_name, *author_email;
+        char *committer_name, *committer_email;
+        char *temp;
+
+//#define TESTING
+#ifdef TESTING
+        fprintf(stderr, "author_info: \"%s\"\n",
+                author_info);
+        fprintf(stderr, "committer_info: \"%s\"\n",
+                committer_info);
+#endif
+        author_name = author_info;
+        temp = strchr(author_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        author_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(author_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+        committer_name = committer_info;
+        temp = strchr(committer_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        committer_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(committer_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+#ifdef TESTING
+        fprintf(stderr, "author_name: \"%s\"\n", author_name);
+        fprintf(stderr, "author_email: \"%s\"\n", author_email);
+        fprintf(stderr, "committer_name: \"%s\"\n", committer_name);
+        fprintf(stderr, "committer_email: \"%s\"\n", committer_email);
+        exit(0);
+#endif
+
+	// "tree <sha1>\n"
+	memcpy(new + newlen, buffer, 46);
+	newlen += 46;
+	buffer += 46;
+	size -= 46;
+
+	// "parent <sha1>\n"
+	while (!memcmp(buffer, "parent ", 7)) {
+		memcpy(new + newlen, buffer, 48);
+		newlen += 48;
+		buffer += 48;
+		size -= 48;
+	}
+
+	// "author xyz <xyz> date"
+	// "committer xyz <xyz> date"
+        newlen += convert_email_line(new + newlen, &buffer, &size, author_name, author_email);
+        newlen += convert_email_line(new + newlen, &buffer, &size, committer_name, committer_email);
+
+	// Rest
+	memcpy(new + newlen, buffer, size);
+	newlen += size;
+
+	write_sha1_file(new, newlen, "commit", result_sha1);
+        free(new);
+        free(author_info);
+        free(committer_info);
 }
 
 static void convert_commit(void *buffer, unsigned long size, unsigned char *result_sha1)

@@ -279,7 +428,117 @@ static void convert_commit(void *buffer,
 		convert_ascii_sha1(buffer+7);
 		buffer += 48;
 	}
-	convert_date(orig_buffer, orig_size, result_sha1);
+	convert_authorcommitter(orig_buffer, orig_size, result_sha1);
+}
+
+static void convert_tag(void *buffer, unsigned long size, unsigned char *result_sha1)
+{
+	void *orig_buffer = buffer;
+
+	char *new = xmalloc(size + 100);
+        unsigned long newlen = 0;
+
+        char *author_info = strdup(git_author_info());
+        char *committer_info = strdup(git_committer_info());
+        char *author_name, *author_email;
+        char *committer_name, *committer_email;
+        char *temp;
+        unsigned long len = 0;
+        char *email_start;
+        char *email_end;
+        char *author_start;
+        int has_author = 1;
+
+        author_name = author_info;
+        temp = strchr(author_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        author_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(author_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+        committer_name = committer_info;
+        temp = strchr(committer_name, '<');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid name address.");
+        --temp;
+        *temp = '\0';
+        temp += 2;
+
+        committer_email = temp;
+        temp = strrchr(committer_email, '>');
+        if (!temp)
+            die("Unable to find valid email address.");
+        *temp = '\0';
+
+        //* START *//
+
+	if (memcmp(buffer, "object ", 7))
+		die("Bad tag '%s'", (char*) buffer);
+        convert_ascii_sha1(buffer+7);
+//        fprintf(stderr, "converting %s", (char *) (buffer + 7));
+        buffer += 7 + 40 + 1;    /* "object " + "hex sha1" + "\n" */
+        /* type commit
+           tag boa-0.94.14rc6
+           tagger...
+           */
+        /* with tagger, we check for tagger author_name <author_email>
+         * and if so, we convert that, too
+         */
+        temp = strchr(buffer, '\n'); /* end of commit line */
+        if (!temp) {
+            die("Bad tag '%s'", (char *) buffer);
+        }
+        ++temp;
+        temp = strchr(temp, '\n'); /* end of tag line */
+        if (!temp) {
+            die("Bad tag '%s'", (char *) buffer);
+        }
+        ++temp;
+        if (memcmp(temp, "tagger ", 7))
+            die("Bad tag '%s'", (char *) buffer);
+        temp += 7; /* just after 'tagger ' */
+
+        len = (temp - (char *) orig_buffer);
+        memcpy(new, orig_buffer, len);
+        newlen += len;
+        ++temp;
+
+        /* check to see if the next item looks like an name + email */
+        email_start = strchr(temp, '<');
+        if (email_start) {
+            email_end = strchr(email_start, '>');
+            if (email_end) {
+                author_start = strchr(temp, ' ');
+                if (author_start && author_start < email_start) {
+                    has_author = 1;
+                    newlen += sprintf(new + newlen,
+                                      "%s <%s>\n",
+                                      author_name,
+                                      author_email);
+                    len = (email_end - (char *) buffer) + 2;
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (len > size) {
+            memcpy(new + newlen, orig_buffer + len, size - len);
+            newlen += (size - len);
+        }
+//        fprintf(stderr, "About to write: %s", new);
+//        exit(0);
+
+        write_sha1_file(new, newlen, "tag", result_sha1);
+        free(new);
+        free(author_info);
+        free(committer_info);
 }
 
 static struct entry * convert_entry(unsigned char *sha1)

@@ -297,13 +556,15 @@ static struct entry * convert_entry(unsi
 
 	buffer = xmalloc(size);
 	memcpy(buffer, data, size);
-	
+
 	if (!strcmp(type, "blob")) {
 		write_sha1_file(buffer, size, "blob", entry->new_sha1);
-	} else if (!strcmp(type, "tree"))
-		convert_tree(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
-	else if (!strcmp(type, "commit"))
-		convert_commit(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
+        } else if (!strcmp(type, "tree"))
+            convert_tree(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
+        else if (!strcmp(type, "commit"))
+            convert_commit(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
+        else if (!strcmp(type, "tag"))
+            convert_tag(buffer, size, entry->new_sha1);
 	else
 		die("unknown object type '%s' in %s", type, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	entry->converted = 1;

@@ -318,6 +579,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct entry *entry;
 
 	setup_git_directory();
+	setup_ident();
 
 	if (argc != 2 || get_sha1(argv[1], sha1))
 		usage("git-convert-objects <sha1>");
#7 lore raw
In reply to Jacob Kroon

Hi,

Quoted 10 lines · Jacob Kroon

When I started my git repository for my project, I never setup GIT_AUTHOR_NAME etc. correctly, so my commit messages used the default information, "<jacob@skeletor.(none)>", "skeletor" being the hostname of the computer I'm working on. I'd like to change it so that the messages will contain correct information about my e-mail and username. I noticed that this question has been brought up here before and that the solution might be to use git-convert-objects, but that it might need some modifications.

Has anyone come up with a working tool for this task ?

Unfortunately not.

However, I'd rather start by enhancing git-rebase. You do not really need to rewrite *all* objects, but only the *commit objects*. Two things seem to be lacking for what you want:

- an option to rebase "onto an empty commit", and
- an optional filter command to run on the commit messages.

Hth,
Dscho