I've created a file with unicode characters in its name (using Java): new File(dir, "\u3041\u3042\u3043\u3044").createNewFile(); The file name is stored correctly on disk, because if invoking a dir.list() the name is listed correctly. When opening this directory in the Windows Explorer (German Windows XP SP3), it shows 4 boxes - which most likely is a problem of the font not supporting these characters. When launching 'git status' from the git shell (msys 1.6.5.1.1367.gcd48 from 7zip-bundle) it only shows me 4 question marks. I would have expected to see the non-displayable characters escaped like it did with the umlauts on OS X. Even adding fails: $ git add . fatal: unable to stat '????': No such file or directory What should I do to make Git recognize these characters? -- Thanks in advance, Tom -- 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