How to credit contributions to another account for github?

Question

Today I was working with my partner on a small project and saved regularly to github using my username and password (https://github.com/mikestepanov/W2D3). Unfortunately we forgot to change global username and because of that our work was credited to the different account.

Since I am the creator/host of the repository, can I somehow credit commits to one of us for that specific repository?

It is a duplicate, I've found my answer there. – JohnJohn Aug 18 '17 at 11:22 — JohnJohn, Aug 18 '17 at 11:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 10 '17 at 07:57

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You will need to edit past commits (this is called rebasing) on your local (stored on your computer) git repository, then force-push it to GitHub with a git push --force to overwrite the commits on your remote repository.

As for the editing part, you may be interested in filter-branch. This SO answer gives a nice example that is related to what you aim to do.

edited Aug 10 '17 at 07:57

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How to credit contributions to another account for github?

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