From: Sven Strickroth Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:58:12 GMT Subject: git archive --format zip utf-8 issues Message-ID: <502583F4.8030308@tu-clausthal.de> Hi, when I create a git repository, add a file containing utf-8 characters or umlauts (like öäü.txt), commit and then export the HEAD revision to a zip archive using "git archive --format zip -o 1.zip HEAD", the zip file contains incorrect filenames: $ unzip -l 1.zip Archive: 1.zip 4490a6dab1df5404f91ab3eb871f133154bff0bf Length Date Time Name --------- ---------- ----- ---- 6 2012-08-10 23:41 +?+?++.txt --------- ------- 6 1 file -- Best regards, Sven Strickroth PGP key id F5A9D4C4 @ any key-server