From 321da85d47a1a64c374c3996f784519e6bceb640 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Hemanth.HM" <hemanth.hm@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:12:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ammed author

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 tips.json | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4010a3..0ec9b04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 * [Revert: Undo a commit by creating a new commit](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#revert-undo-a-commit-by-creating-a-new-commit)
 * [Reset: Discard commits, advised for private branch](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#reset-discard-commits-advised-for-private-branch)
 * [Reword the previous commit message](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#reword-the-previous-commit-message)
+* [Amend author.](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#amend-author)
 * [Changing a remote's URL](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#changing-a-remotes-url)
 * [Get list of all remote references](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#get-list-of-all-remote-references)
 * [Get list of all local and remote branches](https://github.com/git-tips/tips#get-list-of-all-local-and-remote-branches)
@@ -192,6 +193,11 @@ git reset <commit-ish>
 git commit -v --amend
 ```
 
+## Amend author.
+```sh
+git commit --amend --author='Author Name <email@address.com>'
+```
+
 ## Changing a remote's URL
 ```sh
 git remote set-url origin <URL>
diff --git a/tips.json b/tips.json
index a568a28..a3eac82 100644
--- a/tips.json
+++ b/tips.json
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@
 			"title": "Reword the previous commit message",
 			"tip": "git commit -v --amend"
 	},
+	{
+			"title": "Amend author.",
+			"tip": "git commit --amend --author='Author Name <email@address.com>'"
+	},
 	{
 			"title": "Changing a remote's URL",
 			"tip": "git remote set-url origin <URL>"