packed_object_info_detail(): check for corrupt packfile.

[git.git] / git-commit.sh

diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index bd3dc71..01c73bd 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ fi >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
 # Author
 if test '' != "$force_author"
 then
-       GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=`expr "$force_author" : '\(.*[^ ]\) *<.*'` &&
-       GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=`expr "$force_author" : '.*\(<.*\)'` &&
+       GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=`expr "z$force_author" : 'z\(.*[^ ]\) *<.*'` &&
+       GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=`expr "z$force_author" : '.*\(<.*\)'` &&
        test '' != "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" &&
        test '' != "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" ||
        die "malformatted --author parameter"