Re: [BUG b4] Encoding issues with --auto-to-cc

["Duje Mihanović" <duje.mihanovic@skole.hr>]

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On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 22:29:55 CEST, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> So, there's apparently something very interesting about that final ć in your
> name that trips up get_maintainer.pl. For example, run the following:
> 
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/marvell,pxa1908.yaml
> 
> You will get back a byte sequence \x87 where your name should be:
> 
>     "<87>" <duje.mihanovic@skole.hr> (in file)
> 
> This is because ć is 0xC4 0x87, but I have no idea why get_maintainer.pl 
trips
> up and splits the unicode sequence into two bytes. It seems to want to do
> that for anything above base extended ascii (Latin-A).
> 
> I can "fix" this in b4 by forcing it to ignore any unrecognized unicode 
errors
> in get_maintainer.pl output, but it's not a real fix for the underlying
> problem.

I think it's wrong to say get_maintainer splits up the unicode sequence, it 
straight up ignores the first half of the sequence. Perhaps I should file a 
bug for get_maintainer.pl?

Regards,
Duje

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