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

An alternative could be to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL environment variables:

GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="A. U. Thor" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="au@th.or" git merge ...