git commit --author='Alice Smith <alice@example.com>' -m 'Refactor auth flow'

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git commit --author='Alice Smith <alice@example.com>' -m 'Refactor auth flow'

Commit with a different author identity

Overrides the author recorded in the new commit, useful for committing on behalf of someone else or fixing a misconfigured identity. The value is a display name plus an email in angle brackets. Git still records you as the committer.
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