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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 13, 2007, 05:47 UTC
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<20070713041749.GA28824@kroah.com>
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
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> 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.
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> --- 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) {
		$address =~ s/^<(.*)>$/$1/;
		return scalar Email::Valid->address($address);
	} else {
instead, but they are moral equivalents.
Thanks for a fix.
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  1. make git-send-email.perl handle email addresses with no names when Email::Valid is presentGreg KH, Jul 13, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2007
  3. Greg KHJul 13, 2007
  4. Stephen RothwellJul 13, 2007
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  6. Stephen RothwellJul 14, 2007
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