Override author on git merge

Question

Is there an option like --author of git-commit for git-merge?

We maintain a staging environment where some changes must be performed. Some limitations make us to use onl

Answer 1

You can --amend the authorship afterwards if you already did the merge. like that:

git checkout master
git merge my_branch
git commit --amend --author="My Nick "
git push origin master

This works as desired and adds the specified author to the merge commit. No magic. :)