Re: [BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name

2016-12-12 Thread bitjo
Addition to the bug Proposal https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/30395c645adf21828bbccbdcd3c5c36c39f07050 should be considered and possibly implemented. But as described in https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761#issuecomment-221057828. And then an implementation without regres

[BUG] Git-GUI destroys the author name

2016-12-12 Thread bitjo
Since Git version 2.11, git gui destroys the author name when 'git commit amend' is executed and the author name contains UTF-8-specific characters. This is a known issue from 'Git for Windows' and now a platform-independent bug. Please refer - https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/761 -