b4 sanitizes quotation marks out of my name

b4 sanitizes quotation marks out of my name

[git]

Hi,

I was sent here from #kernelnewbies and told that I should share my problem here. I normally sign my commits with the following name: Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos (and it's shown like that in the `git log`)

It looks like this in my .gitconfig:

```
[user]
	email = git@n0toose.net
	name = Panagiotis \"Ivory\" Vasilopoulos
```

Although the From: header presents this as shown above, the quotation marks are removed from the `Cc:` and trailers like `Signed-off-by:`. This is not a problem when using `Panagiotis 'Ivory' Vasilopoulos`. Is there a workaround or anything that I can do for this?

Best,
Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos (n0toose)

Re: b4 sanitizes quotation marks out of my name

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 10:29:29PM +0100, git@n0toose.net wrote:
> I was sent here from #kernelnewbies and told that I should share my problem here. I normally sign my commits with the following name: Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos (and it's shown like that in the `git log`)
> 
> It looks like this in my .gitconfig:
> 
> ```
> [user]
> 	email = git@n0toose.net
> 	name = Panagiotis \"Ivory\" Vasilopoulos
> ```
> 
> Although the From: header presents this as shown above, the quotation marks are removed from the `Cc:` and trailers like `Signed-off-by:`. This is not a problem when using `Panagiotis 'Ivory' Vasilopoulos`. Is there a workaround or anything that I can do for this?

bugspray tag b4/email

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KR

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Re: b4 sanitizes quotation marks out of my name

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 10:29:29PM +0100, git@n0toose.net wrote:
> I was sent here from #kernelnewbies and told that I should share my problem here. I normally sign my commits with the following name: Panagiotis "Ivory" Vasilopoulos (and it's shown like that in the `git log`)
> 
> It looks like this in my .gitconfig:
> 
> ```
> [user]
> 	email = git@n0toose.net
> 	name = Panagiotis \"Ivory\" Vasilopoulos
> ```
> 
> Although the From: header presents this as shown above, the quotation marks
> are removed from the `Cc:` and trailers like `Signed-off-by:`. This is not a
> problem when using `Panagiotis 'Ivory' Vasilopoulos`. Is there a workaround
> or anything that I can do for this?

This one is tricky, because trailers and headers have a bunch of special
corner cases. I have a commit in master that *should* do the right thing. If
you are able to test with it, that would be awesome. There are instructions in
the docs how to run b4 out of a checkout.

Let me know if it does the right thing for you now, and let's hope it doesn't
now do the wrong thing for others. ;)

Thanks,
-- 
KR