Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: clarify the filename encoding in git diff

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:33:50 -0700

"Andrey Bienkowski via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
writes:

> Signed-off-by: Andrey Bienkowski <[email-masked]>
> ---
>     My takeaway was to always parse it as utf8 regardless of platform or
>     environment.
>     
>     Changes since v1:

I do not think the readers on the list have seen the "v1", but
anyway, the 

>      * Replace "always" with "often"

"often" here sound more measured than ...

>  --name-only::
> -	Show only names of changed files.
> +	Show only names of changed files. The file names are usually encoded in UTF-8.
> +	For more information see the discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1]
> +	manual page.

... "usually" here ...

>  --name-status::
>  	Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
>  	of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
> +	Just like `--name-only` the file names are usually encoded in UTF-8.

... and here.

Thanks.