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# [How to fix the wrong name and email being an author in a branch's commits](https://blog.femilawal.com/how-to-fix-the-wrong-name-and-email-being-an-author-in-a-branchs-commits?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If you have multiple GitHub accounts, and end up making a bunch of commits under the wrong account, what do you do? Reset your branch and start working all over again with the right account in credentials? Maybe that's the more honorable method, but ...

Oct 4, 2020 · 2 min read · blog.femilawal.com  
Updated Nov 21, 2020  
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