Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 01 Sep 2015, at 01:13, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx writes: >> >>> From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> >>> >> >> Here is a space for you to describe what it does and why it is a >> good idea to have it. > How about this: > > Perforce keeps the encoding of a path as given by the originating > OS. Git expects paths encoded as UTF-8. Add an option to tell git-p4 > what encoding Perforce had used for the paths. This encoding is used > to transcode the paths to UTF-8. As an example, Perforce on Windows > uses “cp1252” to encode path names. Very readable. Does "Perforce on Windows" always use cp1252, or is it more correct to say "often uses" here? -- 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