# [BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name

2 messages from 2016-12-12 to 2016-12-12. Participants: bitjo.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/44687

## bitjo, 2016-12-12 20:05

Subject: [BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name
Message-ID: <588ac268-0a1b-6787-e6a1-4164e7e9a784@b-i-t.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/588ac268-0a1b-6787-e6a1-4164e7e9a784%40b-i-t.de

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Since Git version 2.11, git gui destroys the author name when 'git
commit amend' is executed and the author name contains UTF-8-specific
characters.

This is a known issue from 'Git for Windows' and now a
platform-independent bug.

Please refer
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-220792200
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-266519859

From my point of view, this is a severe error since the repostory is
changed incorrectly. Users of git gui will usually not be able to
correct this error with git commands.



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## bitjo, 2016-12-12 20:59

Subject: Re: [BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name
Message-ID: <3bb063a6-7689-1f1a-39b7-95c315a5947c@b-i-t.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/3bb063a6-7689-1f1a-39b7-95c315a5947c%40b-i-t.de
In-Reply-To: <588ac268-0a1b-6787-e6a1-4164e7e9a784@b-i-t.de>

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Addition to the bug

Proposal
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/30395c645adf21828bbccbdcd3c5c36c39f07050
should be considered and possibly implemented.
But as described in
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-221057828.
And then an implementation without regression is necessary.


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