git-change-date

Simple command line to change old commits author and committer dates.

Installation

npm install -g git-change-date

CLI Usage

Please ensure that you are on the correct directory of the repository you want to modify and that there are no unstaged changes before running this.

Usage: git-change-date [options]

Options:

--path      repository path, defaults to current directory
--count     Number of commits to show, defaults to 5
--hash      Search commits with this hash (optional)
--dev       Show complete error stack (optional)

When you run this command you will be prompted to:

• Enter commit number in the list
• Enter the new date the entered date must be in a format moment can parse https://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string/

After making modifications you will have to force push to remote repositories and anyone who has pulled these commits or any future commits will have to reset and pull.

License

MIT @ Kareem Elbahrawy