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

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Create a commit by a different author	commit,intermediate

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`