Git - How to add multiple authors to a commit

Git - How to add multiple authors to a commit

You can add multiple authors to a git commit, by adding one or more Co-authored-by trailers to the commit's message:

$ git commit -m "Refactor usability tests.
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Co-authored-by: name <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: another-name <[email protected]>"

Notes

To correctly attribute a commit to a co-author, you must use the email associated with their GitHub account.
If a person's email is private, you can use their GitHub-provided no-reply email.
Leave one or preferably two empty lines before any Co-authored-by trailers.

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