Git-change-date NPM

git-change-date

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

Sample Usage

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.