Summary

uv init does not escape quotes when inserting the git "user.name" config value as "project.author.name".

How to reproduce

Steps:

# create new directory
mkdir my-new-project
cd my-new-project

# configure git user
git init
git config user.name 'Tony "Iron Man" Stark'
git config user.email 'ironman@example.com'

# create new uv package
uv init --package

This creates the following project.authors field in pyproject.toml:

[project]
authors = [
    { name = "Tony "Iron Man" Stark", email = "ironman@example.com" }
]

Note the string "Tony "Iron Man" Stark", which should be "Tony \"Iron Man\" Stark"

(This came up while testing. I don't suggest that quotes in a git username are a good idea.)

Platform

Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

Version

uv 0.9.10

Python version

Python 3.13.3