Rémi Lespinet <remi.lespi...@gmail.com> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes: > >> The reason why we have the "verify the input" thing, allow users to >> supply multiple --to/--cc/etc., and do not try to split the >> addresses ourselves is because we want to avoid mistakenly splitting >> a single address like the above into two and producing syntactically >> incorrect addresses. People have relied on the current behaviour >> for a long time, without manually dropping comma when they send >> their patches with --to='"Jane, Doe" <j...@example.com>'. > > Yes, but they couldn't send with --to='"Jane, Doe" <j...@example.com>' > anyway since 79ee555b (Check and document the options to prevent > mistakes. 2006-06-21). So I don't think that this part is a > regression.
Ahh, stupid me. Thanks. Then starting with the "split at the comma" implementation is perfectly fine. People will learn not to use '"Doe, Jane" <jdoe>' because that will not work while the implementation is limited, and later when it is enhanced, they can start using that form. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
