Angle brackets < > are escaped in git log

[Abibibi]

Description

The build-commit.js file includes this implementation:

const escapeSpecialChars = (result) => {
  // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape, prettier/prettier
  const specialChars = ['`', '"', '\\$', '!', '<', '>', '&']
  let newResult = result

  specialChars.forEach((item) => {
    // If user types `feat: "string"`, the commit preview should show `feat: \"string\"`.
    // Don't worry. The git log will be `feat: "string"`
    newResult = newResult.replace(new RegExp(item, 'g'), `\\${item}`)
  })

  return newResult
}

This code includes this comment:

// If user types `feat: "string"`, the commit preview should show `feat: \"string\"`.
// Don't worry. The git log will be `feat: "string"`

However, when using angle brackets < and >, the \ are still displayed in the git log.

Example

When including a Co-Authored-By trailer in my commit:

Co-Authored-By: Abeba NGWE <abeba.ngwe@example.com>

Here is the result:

Stage	Result
Preview	Co-Authored-By: Abeba NGWE \<abeba.ngwe@example.com\>
Git log	Co-Authored-By: Abeba NGWE \<abeba.ngwe@example.com\>

The backslashes remain in the actual git commit message for < and >, breaking the standard Co-Authored-By format.

How can this be fixed, @leonardoanalista?

Versions

• cz-customizable: 7.5.4
• Node: v22.x
• OS: macOS

[aviv-francoisrieucau]

Hello, why do we have to escape special chars ?
In my case I wrote & in my commit message and it appears à & in git logs & github
Can we add an option to disable escaping ?