📅 2024-03-05 — Session: Resolved Git Commit Attribution and Author Issues
🕒 00:00–00:50
🏷️ Labels: Git, Version_Control, Commit_Amendment, Rebase, Github
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary goal of this session was to address and resolve issues related to Git commit attribution and author information in a repository. This included ensuring that all commits were correctly attributed to the user’s GitHub profile and correcting any past author information errors.
Key Activities
- Structured Commit Sequence: Implemented a systematic approach to organizing and committing changes in the repository, including deleting old files, updating existing ones, and adding new content.
- Troubleshooting Contribution Issues: Identified and resolved GitHub contribution recognition issues caused by incorrect email configuration in Git commits.
- Fixing Attribution Issues: Added email addresses to local Git configuration and retroactively corrected previous commits to ensure proper attribution.
- Handling Unstaged Changes: Developed a strategy for managing unstaged changes while correcting author information, emphasizing the importance of backing up work.
- Amending Commits: Used
git commit --amendand interactive rebase to amend author information in past commits, ensuring all changes were correctly reflected in the remote repository. - Interactive Rebase: Conducted an interactive rebase starting from the first commit using the
--rootoption to amend author information for all commits.
Achievements
- Successfully corrected author information in all relevant Git commits.
- Ensured that all amended commits were correctly attributed to the user’s GitHub profile.
- Improved understanding and execution of Git workflows, including commit amendments and interactive rebase.
Pending Tasks
- Verify that all changes are correctly reflected in the remote repository and that no further attribution issues exist.
- Continue monitoring for any new issues that may arise in future commits.