From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:11:01 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] convert: add support for 'encoding' attribute Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Lars Schneider writes: > ... In a perfect world I think I would store > the encoding of a file in the tree object. I didn't pursue that solution > as this would change the Git data model which would open a can of worms > for a problem that not that many people have (almost everyone is on > UTF-8 anyways). Having that "encoding" trailt recorded in the tree that contains the blob would mean that the same blob can be recorded with one "encoding" trait in a tree, and in a different tree it can be recorded with a different "encoding" trait. I doubt it really makes sense.