# gitweb-projects

- List: git
- 2 messages, 2 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7313607/t

## gitweb-projects

- From: Jon Smirl \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:30 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7313607.md

```text
What is the magic incantation for encoding an email address along with
the project owner name? From the source I see these strings need to be
URL encoded (it doesn't seem to be in the doc) but now I'm getting XML
errors.

I tried this:
mpc5200b.git Jon+Smirl+%3Cjonsmirl%2664%3Bgmail.com%3E

Does this string really need to be URL encoded? Couldn't you split on
the first space and then url encode it in the perl code? That would
let me write the string in English instead of geek.

mpc5200b.git Jon Smirl [ref]

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
```

## Re: gitweb-projects

- From: Jakub Narebski \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:30 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7313612.md

```text
[Cc: Jon Smirl [ref], git@vger.kernel.org]

Jon Smirl wrote:

> What is the magic incantation for encoding an email address along with
> the project owner name? From the source I see these strings need to be
> URL encoded (it doesn't seem to be in the doc)

It is mentioned in gitweb/INSTALL, in the "Gitweb repositories" section

> but now I'm getting XML errors.
>
> I tried this:
> mpc5200b.git Jon+Smirl+%3Cjonsmirl%2664%3Bgmail.com%3E

I guess that this might have nothing to do with URL-encoding of projects
index file, but with proper escaping in the gitweb, i.e. the string is
not wrapped in esc_html.

In other words, it is a bug in the gitweb.

> Does this string really need to be URL encoded? Couldn't you split on
> the first space and then url encode it in the perl code? That would
> let me write the string in English instead of geek.
> 
> mpc5200b.git Jon Smirl [ref]

Not possible, as path to repository can contain spaces.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
```