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git-blame-someone-else is a Git authorship rewriter and commit history editor designed to modify the identity information stored within a repository's commit history. It serves as a metadata modifier that replaces the author and committer details of existing commits to reattribute code changes to different users.

The tool focuses on Git identity management and repository maintenance, allowing for the update of old commit signatures and emails. This enables the correction of metadata across a project history when contributor accounts change or were entered incorrectly.

Features

Authorship Rewriters - Allows users to change the author and committer identity of existing commits to reattribute work.
Metadata Rewriters - Implements programmatic updating of author information and commit headers during history rewriting.
Git Cleanup Utilities - Serves as a cleanup utility for modifying identity metadata stored within the Git commit history.
Commit History Editors - Acts as a commit history editor by replaying commit sequences to modify authorship while preserving structure.

Features

Authorship Rewriters - Allows users to change the author and committer identity of existing commits to reattribute work.
Metadata Rewriters - Implements programmatic updating of author information and commit headers during history rewriting.
Git Cleanup Utilities - Serves as a cleanup utility for modifying identity metadata stored within the Git commit history.
Commit History Editors - Acts as a commit history editor by replaying commit sequences to modify authorship while preserving structure.