Re: git send-email splits name with comma

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Oct 4, 2021, 19:56 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVHuxzKv7z+oVnPXSBi8bLnGMZDcXdgtGR4N15UQttciQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqczokwrt9.fsf@gitster.g>

Hi Junio,

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:47 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> > On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 4:31 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Adding more quoting like:
> >
> >     git send-email --to "\"foo bar, geert\" <geert@linux-m68k.org>"
> >
> > indeed works.  But I feel git send-email could do better, given it already
> > receives the full email address in a single argv[] entry.
>
> Sorry, but I do not quite follow.
>
> If I were to send a message both to the list and to you, wouldn't
>
>     git send-email --to "l-k@vger.k.org, geert <g@l-m68k.o>"
>
> a valid way to do so?

Oh wait, I never realized --to and --cc take multiple email addresses; I also use multiple --to/--cc options instead. So the behavior I see is actually the expected behavior. Thanks, and sorry for the noise.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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