+ if ($author =~ m/^[^"\@]+\,/) {
+ # single entry Maintainer field with unquoted comma
+ $author = ($& =~ y/,//rd).$'; # strip the comma
+ }
+ # git wants a single author; any remaining commas in $author
+ # are by now preceded by @ (or "). It seems safer to punt on
+ # "..." for now rather than attempting to dequote or something.
+ $author =~ s#,.*##ms unless $author =~ m/"/;