Re: Path character encodings

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Hi Junio,

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 01:40:32PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Hmph, I do not see a reason to make a huge molehill in this. The
> pathnames are of unspecified encoding, and if a project declares
> that they always use UTF-8, that would be great. 

I would like to propose, that Git codifies-as-required the majority case
today, that trees should *only* be encoded in UTF-8 going forward. 

> Why does git itself have to do anything about it, and how would it help
> users without hurting other git users who are not involved in such a
> project?

My concern is that users will not know what's happening or how to fix it,
they'll just see messed up paths and assume Git is broken. Even a warning
message would give users something explicit to put into Google to find a
solution for. Not many people will possess the Git-Fu required to manage
filter-branch. 

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Paul Betts <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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