I deleted my old github account earlier this year, so that my old content is labeled as 'Ghost'. However, when i used my old ssh-keys to push into my new github account, Github went back in time and linked my new account to all my old commits using that key. Is there a way to get github to deflag these commits and label them too as Ghost?

not sure where else to ask

CodePudding user response：

The commit-user association is set after the account email.
If your new account uses the same email as the old deleted one, chances are GitHub would show those commits with your current account avatar.

Using the old ssh key should not work to push, unless you set your old public SSH key in your new GitHub account profile.
Or if you are actually using an HTTPS URL, in which case no SSH key (old or new) would be used anyway.

To "deflag these commits and label them too as Ghost", you would need to amend those commits, changing their author email.
Or you need to make sure your new account is not using your old commit author email.