From 110ea0c87e0344621f3e95c3ed6100b4394a910f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zachary Carlson <22893164+zack-carlson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:01:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update setting-your-commit-email-address.md

If you have your public email accidentally in a new git config, you must reset commits that have this e-mail address.  This is an attempt to include this in the docs near email settings.
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 .../setting-your-commit-email-address.md             | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address.md b/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address.md
index 3b8eccf725dd..715fdf7ebeb4 100644
--- a/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address.md
+++ b/content/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address.md
@@ -112,3 +112,15 @@ You can change the email address associated with commits you make in a single re
    ```
 
 1. {% data reusables.user-settings.link_email_with_your_account %}
+
+### Resetting commits that violate your email privacy settings
+
+If you have accidentally committed to the repository with a public e-mail that should be private you will need to reset the author in your local commit by following these steps: 
+
+```shell
+git config --global user.email "ID+USERNAME@users.noreply.github.com"
+git rebase -i
+git commit --amend --reset-author
+git rebase --continue
+git push
+```