Re: [BUG REPORT] File names that contain UTF8 characters are unnecessarily escaped in 'git status .' messages

From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date: May 27, 2021, 04:56 UTC
Message-ID: <20210527045628.uvesihyhtqrfyfae@tb-raspi4>
In-Reply-To: <6318ccec-ec96-91a8-fd65-85daf4a9a22b@rawbw.com>

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 04:41:38PM -0700, Yuri wrote:

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> On 5/26/21 4:32 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > "git config core.quotepath no"?
>
>
> I didn't have the 'core.quotepath' value set. 'git config core.quotepath no'
> changed the behavior to no quoting.
>
> So it looks like the default value of 'core.quotepath' is incorrect: it
> should be based on terminal capabilities.
>

This are 2 different things. If you are in a project where only ASCII names are allowed (for whatever reason), you may want `git config core.quotepath no`, regardless what the terminal can do.

(Beside that, are ther terminals that don't handle UTF-8 these days?)

Any, if you prefer UTF-8 as a default,

git config --global core.quotepath yes

is your friend (like mine)