# [BUG] Gitk elides backslashes in author names

1 messages from 2008-10-10 to 2008-10-10. Participants: Eric Hanchrow.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15848

## Eric Hanchrow, 2008-10-10 02:51

Subject: [BUG] Gitk elides backslashes in author names
Message-ID: <87ljwxyxg7.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87ljwxyxg7.fsf%40offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net

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Here's how to reproduce the problem with git version 1.6.0.2.415.g9800c0:

    $ cd /tmp
    $ rm -rf x
    $ mkdir x
    $ cd x
    $ git init
    Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/x/.git/
    $ touch it
    $  git commit -a --author="back\\slash <foo@bar.com>" -m "yeah"
    Created initial commit 0f65eda: yeah
     0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
     create mode 100644 it
    $ git log
    commit 0f65eda51f33f5c56ba61f2c9dc1c5d38baec75c
    Author: back\slash <foo@bar.com>
    Date:   Thu Oct 9 19:42:17 2008 -0700

        yeah
    $ gitk

Now note that the author appears as "backslash", not "back\slash".

You might wonder why I have backslashes in my author names: it's
because I'm using git-svn, and our Subversion setup -- which uses
Windows authentication -- creates names with backslashes.
-- 
However lousy it is to sit in your basement and pretend to be an
elf, I can tell you from personal experience it's worse to sit in your
basement and try to figure if Ginger or Mary Ann is cuter.
        -- Clay Shirky

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