From c5948f87009193a8bee59198c294acd63b9d74a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Hamster <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:27:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] sanitized user names are available now.

---
 scripts/core/variables.sh | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/core/variables.sh b/scripts/core/variables.sh
index e66a3aca..b0bc95a6 100644
--- a/scripts/core/variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/variables.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ return 0
          echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\([a-zA-Z]\):\/\(.*\)/\/cygdrive\/\1\/\2/'
   }
 
-
+  # a handy helper method that turns a potentially gross USER variable into
+  # a nice clean one (by removing email domains).
+  function sanitized_username() {
+    echo $USER | sed -e 's/@[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*//'
+  }
 
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-- 
2.34.1