How to change the commit author for one specific commit?

Question

I want to change the author of one specific commit in the history. It\'s not the last commit.

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Answer 1

There is one additional step to Amber's answer if you're using a centralized repository:

git push -f to force the update of the central repository.

Be careful that there are not a lot of people working on the same branch because it can ruin consistency.