On 2021-07-07 18:46:53+0200, Professor Bloodstone <prof.bloodstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When applying a patch using git am test.patch, if author consists of 1 > or 2 letters, then it is being replaced with author email instead. > > For example take patch with such line: > > From: AA <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Upon applying such patch, the author is replaced with email: > > Author: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I did try multiple different 1 or 2 letter names, they all seem to > have the same issue. 3 letter names work fine. This was tested by 3 > people in our project, and happens in very different setups. > > I'm having a hard time finding the exact cause of it. Tried searching > for issues, but didn't find anything. Maybe someone has an idea what > could it be caused by? A patch for this problem has been merged [1]. Git 2.32.0 should have this problem fixed. 1: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq4kf25lso.fsf@gitster.g/ -- Danh
