diff -r fc379b91f602 -r 7492b33bdd9f mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Wed Sep 27 09:10:31 2006 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Wed Sep 27 20:34:52 2006 +0200
@@ -948,6 +948,9 @@
     f = user.find('<')
     if f >= 0:
         user = user[f+1:]
+    f = user.find(' ')
+    if f >= 0:
+        user = user[:f]
     return user
 
 def walkrepos(path):