On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Thomas Singer <thomas.singer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm on an English OS X 10.6.2 and I created a sample file with umlauts in > its name (Überlänge.txt). When I try to stage the file in the terminal, I > can't complete the file name by typing the Ü and hitting the tab key, but I > can complete it by typing an U and hitting the tab key. Unfortunately, after > executing > > git stage Überlänge.txt > > I invoked > > git status > > and it still shows the file as new file. Should I set some environment > variable to be able to work with files containing umlauts in the name? Works for me on 10.6.2: kore:~/foo (master)$ echo Überlänge.txt > Überlänge.txt kore:~/foo (master)$ git stage Überlänge.txt kore:~/foo (master)$ git st # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Changes to be committed: # (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) # # new file: "U\314\210berla\314\210nge.txt" # kore:~/foo (master)$ git commit -m initial [master (root-commit) f23e23f] initial 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 "U\314\210berla\314\210nge.txt" kore:~/foo (master)$ git st # On branch master nothing to commit (working directory clean) Doesn't matter whether LANG and/or LC_* are set or not for me. j. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html