Subject: Re: [BUG REPORT] File names that contain UTF8 characters are unnecessarily escaped in 'git status .' messages

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 07:23:16 +0900

Jeff King <[email-masked]> writes:

> Yes. If we're going to do anything, I think it would be to say "most
> terminals and programs deal with high-bit characters OK these days, so
> switching the default is more likely to fix things than break them".

Amen to that.  The conservative setting was from v1.5.3 days in
2007, and it would be highly disappointing if the situation hasn't
changed in the 14 years.