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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git send-email splits name with comma
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 19:18:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUk5=sqFvy51nxv5g3UFPhQnZ-6dBOS=xVDWdTxuLKuRQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1d0svy4.fsf@igel.home>

Hi Andreas,

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 4:31 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Okt 04 2021, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > If the name of an email address contains a comma, it will be split
> > incorrectly into multiple addresses.
>
> If you want to include a comma in the display-name part of an address,
> you need to use the quoted-string form of the phrase.

Adding more quoting like:

    git send-email --to "\"foo bar, geert\" <geert@linux-m68k.org>"

indeed works.  But I feel git send-email could do better, given it already
receives the full email address in a single argv[] entry.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds

  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-04 17:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-04 14:11 git send-email splits name with comma Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-10-04 14:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-04 17:18   ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2021-10-04 18:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-04 19:56       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-10-04 23:47         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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