{"thread":{"id":"44687","subject":"[BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name","startedAt":"2016-12-12T20:09:02Z","lastAt":"2016-12-12T20:59:37Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["bitjo"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"307540","messageId":"588ac268-0a1b-6787-e6a1-4164e7e9a784@b-i-t.de","threadId":"44687","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name","fromName":"bitjo","fromEmail":"jo+github@b-i-t.de","sentAt":"2016-12-12T20:05:55Z","receivedAt":"2016-12-12T20:09:02Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jo+github@b-i-t.de","avatar":null},"body":"Since Git version 2.11, git gui destroys the author name when 'git\ncommit amend' is executed and the author name contains UTF-8-specific\ncharacters.\n\nThis is a known issue from 'Git for Windows' and now a\nplatform-independent bug.\n\nPlease refer\n- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761\n- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-220792200\n- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-266519859\n\nFrom my point of view, this is a severe error since the repostory is\nchanged incorrectly. Users of git gui will usually not be able to\ncorrect this error with git commands.\n\n\n"},{"id":"307546","messageId":"3bb063a6-7689-1f1a-39b7-95c315a5947c@b-i-t.de","threadId":"44687","inReplyTo":"588ac268-0a1b-6787-e6a1-4164e7e9a784@b-i-t.de","subject":"Re: [BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name","fromName":"bitjo","fromEmail":"jo+github@b-i-t.de","sentAt":"2016-12-12T20:59:40Z","receivedAt":"2016-12-12T20:59:37Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jo+github@b-i-t.de","avatar":null},"body":"Addition to the bug\n\nProposal\nhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/30395c645adf21828bbccbdcd3c5c36c39f07050\nshould be considered and possibly implemented.\nBut as described in\nhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-221057828.\nAnd then an implementation without regression is necessary.\n\n"}]}