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Re: Bug: rebase when an author uses accents in name on MacOSx

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 31, 2012, 18:33 UTC
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Lanny Ripple <lanny@spotinfluence.com> writes:
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> Perhaps the error message in git-am could be modified to indicate
> sed is a suspect?.  E.g.,
>
>  lanny(master);<work/IdeaProjects/Piper> git rebase master rl-clean292
>  First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
>  /sw/lib/git-core/git-am: line 692: Leblond: command not found
>  Patch does not have a valid e-mail address.  (Used /sw/bin/sed found on PATH).
>                                               ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
>  lanny((ae6c220...)|REBASE);<work/IdeaProjects/Piper> 
Hrm, that does not sound an attractive way going forward.

Do we have to suspect any and all uses of POSIX tools, just in case somebody installs a broken implementation from random places? Is sed the only thing that is possibly broken?

By the way, have you filed a bug report to whoever supplied your /sw/bin/sed?
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  1. Lanny RippleMay 30, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2012
  3. Jürgen KreilederMay 30, 2012
  4. Jeff KingMay 31, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 31, 2012
  6. Lanny RippleMay 31, 2012
  7. Thomas RastMay 31, 2012
  8. Lanny RippleMay 31, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 31, 2012
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  17. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2012
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