From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:01:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure
Message-ID: <xmqqqzjovq1x.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aorzcZVdCK27pdjG@ugly.lan>

Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de> writes:

> if compatibility with broken terminals/fonts is considered important, an 
> option can be introduced to opt out from the modern experience.

Absolutely.  My response was mostly a reaction to the implementation
that only paid attention to the locale settings, leaving no way for
people to opt out without discarding UTF-8 altogether.