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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>,
        Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git send-email splits name with comma
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Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> 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.

Sorry, but I do not quite follow.

If I were to send a message both to the list and to you, wouldn't

    git send-email --to "l-k@vger.k.org, geert <g@l-m68k.o>"

a valid way to do so?