diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index ce4fef9d340b2551bb21bd8f48cd97d09253a48b..e0ec258e335ceb88e97f749e22f997a4f699eb8b 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
sub call_authors_prog {
my ($orig_author) = @_;
+ $orig_author = command_oneline('rev-parse', '--sq-quote', $orig_author);
my $author = `$::_authors_prog $orig_author`;
if ($? != 0) {
die "$::_authors_prog failed with exit code $?\n"