Re: git send-email splits name with comma

Hi Junio,

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:47 PM Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Geert Uytterhoeven [off-list ref] writes:

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On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 4:31 PM Andreas Schwab [off-list ref] wrote:

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On Okt 04 2021, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

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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\" [off-list ref]"

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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