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If you change the email address, you change the commit hash. And yes, suddenly your local branches are orphaned. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from
by cperciva 8mo ago
If you change the email address, you change the commit hash. And yes, suddenly your local branches are orphaned.
Of course, there's nothing stopping you from using a git-only email address (nospam-6thbit@yourdomain) and routing that to /dev/null. GitHub can't change email addresses, but you can.