UCL / UCL/STIR

wrong attribution of license change commit on github

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Description

unfortunately, the license change commit 47d1aa5f302c5b6b579de176535e01aa97d1ff27 is attributed to a certain islam-morrar. This is probably because there's a typo in the email address that I used (i.e. noreply@githob.com). I guess that user was created by accident or opportunistically.

There seems to be no way to fix this, without essentially invalidating everyone's git clone.

Oh well.

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Start by inspecting commit 47d1aa5f302c5b6b579de176535e01aa97d1ff27 and its author email metadata, then check how GitHub attributes that commit. Done would require confirming whether the attribution can be corrected without invalidating existing clones and documenting an actionable resolution.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, github
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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