Default-created "description" for pull requests cuts off in the middle of an HTML entity

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      Steps to produce

      1. Perform git push (to a different branch) with this type of description:
        blah blah shouldn't blah blah
        
      2. Raise a PR, the default-created description turns into:
        blah blah shouldn&#...
        

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            OmarA
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