Using precomposeunicode still reproduces the issue: Repro steps: 1. Download https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q5pbpqpckwzj7b/gitstatusrepro.zip?dl=0 2. unzip gitstatusrepro.zip && cd gitstatusrepro 3. git reset --hard 4. git -c core.precomposeunicode=true status On branch master Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) "d\314\207\316\271\314\223\314\200\342\225\223\316\265\357\256\257\360\222\221\217\342\227\213\342\225\223\320\243\314\213/" nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) > From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> > > Thanks for the fast analyzes - > in short: > what does > git -c core.precomposeunicode=true status > say ? > > > The easiest thing may be to set > git config --global core.precomposeunicode true
