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Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes:

> Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> This may run into issues if someone uses the "\" character in their
>> tag names, [snip].
>
> In fact, this isn't the case after all.

Wouldn't it be easier to create the tag with the desired
timestamp from the beginning, by exporting GIT_COMMITTER_DATE?