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

Changing Your Committer Name & Email Globally:

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email "john@doe.org"

Changing Your Committer Name & Email per Repository:

$ git config user.name "John Doe"
$ git config user.email "john@doe.org"

Changing the Author Information Just for the Next Commit:

$ git commit --author="John Doe "

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