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diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index bd3dc71c..01c73bdd 100755
--- 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"