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Re: Issue with 'git diff' and non ascii characters

From
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Sep 12, 2014, 19:34 UTC
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<54134ADC.6000504@web.de>
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On 2014-09-12 08.53, Giulio Cesare Solaroli wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> I have spotted a problem using 'git diff' when non ascii characters are involved.
> Not sure if the problem is due to the name of the file, or its content.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Giulio Cesare
> 
> Steps to reproduce the problem:
> 
> $ sw_vers
> ProductName:	Mac OS X
> ProductVersion:	10.9.4
> BuildVersion:	13E28
> $ git --version
> git version 1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48)
> $ mkdir test
> $ cd test
> $ echo prova > tèst.md
> $ git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/test/.git/
> $ git add *
> $ git commit -m "first commit"
> [master (root-commit) ebbe2a3] first commit
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>  create mode 100644 "t\303\250st.md"
> $ echo provà > tèst.md 
> $ git status
> On branch master
> Changes not staged for commit:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> 
> 	modified:   "t\303\250st.md"
> 
> no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
> $ git diff tèst.md 
> $ 
The problem is not the contents of the file, but the file name.
The following should help:
git config core.quotepath false
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  1. Giulio Cesare SolaroliSep 12, 2014
  2. Torsten BögershausenSep 12, 2014

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