Fix sigmavirus24#70

sigmavirus24 · sigmavirus24 · commit 676be737f6ca · 2013-02-21T07:30:20.000-05:00
Release 0.5.1
diff --git a/github3/__init__.py b/github3/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 __author__ = 'Ian Cordasco'
 __license__ = 'Modified BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2012-2013 Ian Cordasco'
-__version__ = '0.5'
+__version__ = '0.5.1'
 
 from github3.api import *
 from github3.github import GitHub, GitHubEnterprise, GitHubStatus
diff --git a/github3/models.py b/github3/models.py
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ def __init__(self, acct, session):
 
         ## e.g. first_name last_name
         #: Real name of the user/org
-        self.name = acct.get('name', '').encode('utf-8')
+        self.name = acct.get('name') or ''
+        self.name.encode('utf-8')
 
         ## The number of public_repos
         #: Number of public repos owned by the user/org
