Add a comment to tasks/generate.py regarding Windows shell syntax
@@ -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():
