---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AI Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 19:57 Subject: git-am strips final ')' character from author name To: git@vger.kernel.org Applying attached patch with git-am strips the ')' character from the name. Running git-cat-file on the commit gives the following result: author Alexander van Gessel (AI/AI0867 1221846001 +0200 committer Alexander van Gessel (AI/AI0867) 1221846254 +0200