Re: [PATCH] make git-send-email.perl handle email addresses with no names when Email::Valid is present

> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> 
> > When using git-send-email.perl on a changeset that has:
> > 	Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
> > in the body of the description, and the Email::Valid perl module is
> > installed on the system, the email address will be deemed "invalid" for
> > some reason (Email::Valid isn't smart enough to handle this?) and
> > complain and not send the address the email.
> 
> That appears to be the case.
> 
>         bad foo
>         bad <foo@bar.baz>
>         ok  foo@bar.baz
>         ok  Foo <foo@bar.baz>
> 
> > Anyway, this tiny patch fixes this problem for me.  Note, my perl-foo is
> > quite week, so this could probably be easily done in one line for those
> > with better reg-ex skills.
> 
> > --- a/git-send-email.perl
> > +++ b/git-send-email.perl
> > @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ sub extract_valid_address {
> >  	return $address if ($address =~ /^($local_part_regexp)$/);
> >  
> >  	if ($have_email_valid) {
> > +		if ($address =~ s/^<//) {
> > +			$address =~ s/>$//;
> > +		}
> >  		return scalar Email::Valid->address($address);
> >  	} else {
> 
> I'd probably do:
> 
> 	if ($have_email_valid) {
> 		$address =~ s/^<(.*)>$/$1/;