The backslash you see here was not printed before this change:
$ build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog --help | tail -3
# Change the author to be Paul. Note the escaped "@":
s,Jim .*>,Paul Eggert <eggert\@cs.ucla.edu>,
>From d6e34eccef7fdd4032743eab7c0b1b92c31399e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyer...@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 10:59:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gitlog-to-changelog: fix typo in --help: show backslash
before email @
* build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog (usage): An "@" was backslash-escaped
in sources, but not in actual output.
---
ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b65842a..efa62c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-01-02 Jim Meyering <meyer...@redhat.com>
+
+ gitlog-to-changelog: fix typo in --help: show backslash before email @
+ * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog (usage): An "@" was backslash-escaped
+ in sources, but not in actual output.
+
2011-12-30 Jim Meyering <meyer...@redhat.com>
gitlog-to-changelog: don't malfunction when name contains %-directive
diff --git a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
index c3434a9..8825685 100755
--- a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
+++ b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -wS "$0" ${1+"$@"}'
if 0;
# Convert git log output to ChangeLog format.
-my $VERSION = '2011-12-30 17:48'; # UTC
+my $VERSION = '2012-01-02 09:55'; # UTC
# The definition above must lie within the first 8 lines in order
# for the Emacs time-stamp write hook (at end) to update it.
# If you change this file with Emacs, please let the write hook
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ s/all tile types/all file types/
1379ed974f1fa39b12e2ffab18b3f7a607082202
# Due to a bug in vc-dwim, I mis-attributed a patch by Paul to myself.
# Change the author to be Paul. Note the escaped "@":
-s,Jim .*>,Paul Eggert <eggert\@cs.ucla.edu>,
+s,Jim .*>,Paul Eggert <eggert\\\@cs.ucla.edu>,
EOF
}
--
1.7.8.1.391.g2c2ad
