From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:25:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git gui: fix branch name encoding error on git gui
Message-ID: <xmqqr21dtcn7.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20191209210942.gcyp6ch7zingkhfs@yadavpratyush.com>

Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com> writes:

> My position is that we should default to UTF-8 given its popularity (at 
> least in the Git world), but I'm wondering whether we should also add a 
> config variable to allow users to configure their encodings.
>
> If you don't mind, your thoughts on this would be appreciated :)
>
> [0] https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui/pull/21

Quite honestly, as long as we can keep the core part to stay
"pathnames and refnames are just runs of bytes, terminated by NUL,
and no other interpretation is necessary", I do not think I care too
deeply if the UI layers (either GUI or Porcelain) become a bit more
restrictive.

But that is just my gut feeling.