Commit history - wrong user reference

Summary

We added a new user (UserB) to Gitlab who should be managed by an existing workmate user (UserA). Because we have multiple E-Mail address (like: foobar@abc.com, foo.bar@abc.com) UserA is registered to foo.bar@abc.com and UserB to foobar@abc.com.

UserA has generated a SSH-Key with the email address foobar@abc.com (mistake). The new UserB has generated a new SSH-Key with the email address foobar@abc.com.

Problem

  • Now in the history of commits in a project the wrong user (UserB) is displayed.

Miscellaneous

  • Merges (like pressing Accept Merge Request) are displayed correct for each user.
  • Inside UserAs activities everything is fine.
  • Inside UserBs activities everything is fine - he does not have the mistakenly commits.

Decline

Now we have changed the SSH-Key of UserA to be related to foo.bar@abc.com and the problem is gone for new commits but not for the old ones.

Steps to reproduce

I think: Create two users with different SSH-Key but same Email-Address.

Expected behavior

Nothing change in the commit History.

Actual behavior

All commits from UserA are now displayed as commits from UserB. screenshot

Possible fixes

Connect commits to profile using ssh-key/user-id but not email-addresses?