Create a commit by a different author git Code Snippet in 2025
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Last Updated: 22 April 2025
Creates a new commit by the specified author.
- Use
git commit -m <message>to create a new commit with the specified<message>. - Use the
--authoroption 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`
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