From 70e870f72adaf4754b00ca117b6a925c6fcb7a75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Moore Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:16:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a comment to tasks/generate.py regarding Windows shell syntax --- tasks/generate.py | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tasks/generate.py b/tasks/generate.py index 8e4645854..69960231c 100644 --- a/tasks/generate.py +++ b/tasks/generate.py @@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ def authors(ctx): # Get our list of authors print("[generate.authors] Collecting author names") + + # Note that it's necessary to use double quotes in the + # --format"=%aN <%aE>" part of the command, as the Windows + # shell doesn't recognise single quotes here. r = ctx.run('git log --use-mailmap --format"=%aN <%aE>"', encoding="utf-8", hide=True) + authors = [] seen_authors = set() for author in r.stdout.splitlines():