On Okt 15 2017, "Jason Pyeron" <jpyeron@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joris Valette >> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 9:34 AM >> To: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Consider escaping special characters like 'less' does >> >> The pager 'less' escapes some characters when calling 'git diff'. This >> is what I might get: >> >> $ git diff --cached >> diff --git a/some_file b/some_file >> new file mode 100644 >> index 0000000..357323f >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/some_file >> @@ -0,0 +1 @@ >> +<U+FEFF>Hello >> \ No newline at end of file >> >> This example is a simple file encoded in UTF-8 *with BOM*. >> On the other hand, the built-in git output shows this: >> >> $ git --no-pager diff --cached >> diff --git a/some_file b/some_file >> new file mode 100644 >> index 0000000..357323f >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/some_file >> @@ -0,0 +1 @@ >> +?Hello >> \ No newline at end of file > > It is your terminal, not git's fault that you get a ? rendered. It's your MUA's fault that you get a ?, the mail didn't contain any. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."
