git not displaying unicode file names

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Git Problem Overview

I'm using git 2.5.4 on Mac OS X.

I have filenames containing é and git is displaying it with escapes. Is there a way to make it use unicode and show the character? The terminal can obviously handle it.

> ls
Sél

> git status
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
...
"S\303\251l"

I'd like that file to display as Sél, not S\303\251l.

Git Solutions

Solution 1 - Git

Check first if git config core.quotePath false helps.

git config --global core.quotePath false

If not, as stated in "Git and the Umlaut problem on Mac OS X", try:

git config --global core.precomposeunicode true

From git config man page:

core.precomposeUnicode

> This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition of filenames done by Mac OS.

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