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broken text encoding in commit author name

Subject: broken text encoding in commit author name

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3 messages between Apr 8, 2017 and Apr 10, 2017.

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Michał Walenciak· Apr 8, 2017, 20:30 UTC · lore

Hi

since git 2.12 I'm having random problems with broken text enciding in author name.

As an example broken commit:
Author: MichaÅ Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-07 21:38:23
Committer: Michał Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-07 21:38:33

good commit: 
Author: Michał Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-08 21:21:15
Committer: Michał Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-08 21:21:15

Broken commits are quite rare and I cannot find any rule when they happen. Git 2.12.2 here, Arch linux.

regards

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Michał Walenciak
gmail.com kicer86
http://kicer.sileman.net.pl
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Igor Djordjevic· Apr 8, 2017, 22:07 UTC · re: Michał Walenciak · lore

Re: broken text encoding in commit author name

Hi Michał,

On 08/04/2017 22:30, Michał Walenciak wrote:

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> Hi
> 
> since git 2.12 I'm having random problems with broken text enciding in author 
> name.
> 
> As an example broken commit:
> Author: MichaÅ Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-07 21:38:23
> Committer: Michał Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-07 21:38:33
> 
> good commit: 
> Author: Michał Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-08 21:21:15
> Committer: Michał Walenciak <Kicer86@gmail.com>  2017-04-08 21:21:15
> 
> Broken commits are quite rare and I cannot find any rule when they happen.
> Git 2.12.2 here, Arch linux.

For what it`s worth, looking at the timestamp of the broken commit example you`ve shown, could the problem be related to amending commits?

If so, are you amending through the command line, or maybe using some tool (like "git-gui")...?

There was a similar discussion recently[1], not sure if it`s related to your case.

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/CAEPqvoz8s=CVLABuXx-zOzryrXwr_cb39G2TYJvvF XRYzpCBFQ@mail.gmail.com/

Regards, Buga

Michał Walenciak· Apr 10, 2017, 19:01 UTC · re: Igor Djordjevic · lore

Re: broken text encoding in commit author name

Dnia niedziela, 9 kwietnia 2017 00:07:52 CEST Igor Djordjevic pisze:

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> Hi Michał,
> 
> For what it`s worth, looking at the timestamp of the broken commit
> example you`ve shown, could the problem be related to amending commits?
> 
> If so, are you amending through the command line, or maybe using some
> tool (like "git-gui")...?
> 
> There was a similar discussion recently[1], not sure if it`s related
> to your case.
> 
> [1]
> https://public-inbox.org/git/CAEPqvoz8s=CVLABuXx-zOzryrXwr_cb39G2TYJvvF
> XRYzpCBFQ@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> Regards,
> Buga

Hi,

yes indeed, that's the case. Amend from gui ruins my commits :)

regards

-- 
Michał Walenciak
gmail.com kicer86
http://kicer.sileman.net.pl
gg: 3729519