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Re: git send-email splits name with comma

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Oct 4, 2021, 14:31 UTC
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On Okt 04 2021, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> If the name of an email address contains a comma, it will be split
> incorrectly into multiple addresses.

If you want to include a comma in the display-name part of an address, you need to use the quoted-string form of the phrase.

Andreas.
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