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  1. POHow to handle Asian characters in file names in Git on OS X
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    copied!<p>I'm on US-English OS&nbsp;X 10.6.4 and try to store files with Asian characters in its name in a Git repository.</p> <p>OK, let's create such a file in a Git working tree:</p> <pre><code>$ touch どうもありがとうミスターロボット.txt </code></pre> <p>Git is showing it as octal-escaped UTF-8 form:</p> <pre><code>$ git version git version 1.7.3.1 $ git status # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Untracked files: # (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to include in what will be committed) # # "\343\201\250\343\202\231\343\201\206\343\202\202\343\201\202\343\202\212\343\201\213\343\202\231\343\201\250\343\201\206\343\203\237\343\202\271\343\202\277\343\203\274\343\203\255\343\203\233\343\202\231\343\203\203\343\203\210.txt" nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) </code></pre> <p>Unfortunately, I'm not able to add it to the Git repository:</p> <pre><code>$ git add どうもありがとうミスターロボット.txt $ git status # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Untracked files: # (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to include in what will be committed) # # "\343\201\250\343\202\231\343\201\206\343\202\202\343\201\202\343\202\212\343\201\213\343\202\231\343\201\250\343\201\206\343\203\237\343\202\271\343\202\277\343\203\274\343\203\255\343\203\233\343\202\231\343\203\203\343\203\210.txt" nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) </code></pre> <p>Git simply ignored this file.</p> <p>Using wildcards work:</p> <pre><code>$ git add *.txt $ git status # On branch master # # Initial commit # # Changes to be committed: # (use "git rm --cached &lt;file&gt;..." to unstage) # # new file: "\343\201\250\343\202\231\343\201\206\343\202\202\343\201\202\343\202\212\343\201\213\343\202\231\343\201\250\343\201\206\343\203\237\343\202\271\343\202\277\343\203\274\343\203\255\343\203\233\343\202\231\343\203\203\343\203\210.txt" # </code></pre> <p>but I want to invoke the Git command from an application for a specific file name. I don't have the option to invent wildcard patterns which match exactly this file, but no one else.</p> <p>Is this a known bug of Git or me not using Git correctly?</p>
 

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