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[bug] git diff --word-diff gives wrong result for utf-8 chinese

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Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2022, 03:46 UTC
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Result of "git diff"
-  为1
+  为2
or (if chinese can not be displayed correctly)
-  <E4><B8><BA>1
+  <E4><B8><BA>2
Actual result of "git diff --color-words"
<E4><B8>[-<BA>1-]{+<BA>2+}
Expected result of "git diff --color-words"
为[-1-]{+2+}
or (if chinese can not be displayed correctly)
<E4><B8><BA>[-1-]{+2+}
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