1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-tag.sh b/git-tag.sh
index 76e51ed..dc6aa95 100755
--- a/git-tag.sh
+++ b/git-tag.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ git-check-ref-format "tags/$name" ||
 object=$(git-rev-parse --verify --default HEAD "$@") || exit 1
 type=$(git-cat-file -t $object) || exit 1
 tagger=$(git-var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT) || exit 1
-: ${username:=$(expr "$tagger" : '\(.*>\)')}
+: ${username:=$(expr "z$tagger" : 'z\(.*>\)')}
 
 trap 'rm -f "$GIT_DIR"/TAG_TMP* "$GIT_DIR"/TAG_FINALMSG "$GIT_DIR"/TAG_EDITMSG' 0