From 573dc82cb3d142ef6592af406a9dc52a8fcf2609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tooomm <tooomm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 12:19:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] escape ampersand

---
 .ci/prep_release.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.ci/prep_release.sh b/.ci/prep_release.sh
index cddf49aa6..7f4f7d961 100755
--- a/.ci/prep_release.sh
+++ b/.ci/prep_release.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ else
       echo "'$previous' to '$TAG' ($count commits)"
       # --> is the markdown comment escape sequence, emojis are way better
       generated_list="${generated_list//-->/→}"
+      # Escape & to preserve it from commit message into markdown output
+      generated_list="${generated_list//&/\\&}"
       body="${body//--REPLACE-WITH-GENERATED-LIST--/$generated_list}"
       body="${body//--REPLACE-WITH-COMMIT-COUNT--/$count}"
       body="${body//--REPLACE-WITH-PREVIOUS-RELEASE-TAG--/$previous}"