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[BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name

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Bbitjo <jo+github@b-i-t.de>
Date
Dec 12, 2016, 20:05 UTC
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Since Git version 2.11, git gui destroys the author name when 'git commit amend' is executed and the author name contains UTF-8-specific characters.

This is a known issue from 'Git for Windows' and now a platform-independent bug.

Please refer
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-220792200
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-266519859

From my point of view, this is a severe error since the repostory is changed incorrectly. Users of git gui will usually not be able to correct this error with git commands.

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