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