contributor list still stale after rebase after 48+ hours

[ZhengJiawen44]

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"Vercel[bot]" is listed as one of the contributors for my repository. This bot has one commit only so i wanted it gone from the list.
i did a rebase to remove it but it is still visible in the github repo's contributor's list after 48+ hours.

steps to reproduce

1. I checked out a new branch called "backup-before-author-fix" and rebased my git history on it by replacing this bot's commit author to myself.
2. I then changed the default branch to the branch "backup-before-author-fix" on github and waited 48+ hours.
3. github still shows the bot as the author even though it is no longer in my default branch.

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[R3duardo]

Hahaha. I took a look at your repo :) ,and found the cause: the bot isn't there because of the commit author, it's there because of a co-author trailer.

Commit 09a820b ("Update React Flight RCE vulnerability patches") on your default branch still ends with:
Co-authored-by: Vercel <vercel[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

GitHub counts co-authors from Co-authored-by: trailers as contributors, so rewriting the author alone isn't enough. You need to remove that line from the commit message too.

You need to do this

Find the commit and start an interactive rebase from its parent:

git checkout backup-before-author-fix
git rebase -i 09a820b~1

After that In the editor, change pick to reword on the 09a820b line, save, then delete the Co-authored-by: Vercel ... line from the message

Then Force-push:

git push --force-with-lease origin backup-before-author-fix

If you wanna make sure that the bot doesn't appear anymore use:

git log --format='%h %s%n%b' | grep -i "vercel\[bot\]"

But i need to tell you about the delay the contributors list in the sidebar is cached, so it can take a while to refresh even after the fix. Pushing a new commit to the default branch usually triggers the update. If it still shows after a few days, GitHub Support (https://support.github.com/) can refresh the contributors cache for the repository.

Let me know if this helps you. If it the case please mark it as the answer <3

[ZhengJiawen44]

thanks alot! that was the exact issue. github has picked up the changes and removed the pesky bot haha

[R3duardo]

Awesome, Glad it worked! Those Co-authored-by i hate them too hahaha. Good luck with Tatsu, it looks like a cool project!!