30-seconds-of-code/snippets/commit-set-author.md

title, tags, expertise, author, cover, firstSeen, lastUpdated

title	tags	expertise	author	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Create a commit by a different author	commit	intermediate	maciv	blog_images/new-plant.jpg	2021-04-13T20:07:27+03:00	2021-04-13T21:10:59+03:00

Creates a new commit by the specified author.

• Use git commit -m <message> to create a new commit with the specified <message>.
• Use the --author option to change the <name> and <email> of the commit's author.

git commit -m <message> --author="<name> <email>"

# Make some changes to files
git add .
git commit -m "Fix the network bug" --author="Duck Quackers <cool.duck@qua.ck>"
# Creates a commit by `Duck Quackers`