When commit message's first line (i.e. the title) contains non-Ascii characters "git checkout <commit>" displays this title in Q-escaped form which looks something like this: =?utf-8?q?=C3=84=C3=A4kk=C3=B6si=C3=A4?= Steps to reproduce: $ mkdir repo $ cd repo $ git init $ echo stuff >file $ git add file $ git commit -m "Ääkkösiä" $ git checkout $(git rev-list -1 HEAD) Note: moving to "dc968d26f2fb74a6991c03798ee1d7aab458548a" which isn't a local branch If you want to create a new branch from this checkout, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: git checkout -b <new_branch_name> HEAD is now at dc968d2... =?utf-8?q?=C3=84=C3=A4kk=C3=B6si=C3=A4?= -- 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
