Git: Non-ASCII characters in user.name get garbled in commits

Originator:minh
Number:rdar://22423173 Date Originated:25-Aug-2015
Status:Closed Resolved:09-Sep-2015
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:
Classification:Other Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
I have a local Git working copy with my `user.name` set to “Minh Nguyễn”. Starting in Xcode 7 beta 6, committing in that repository produces commits with the following author metadata:

Author: Minh Nguy·ªÖn <mxn@example.org>

whereas in earlier betas and earlier versions of Xcode, the non-ASCII character in my name was preserved:

Author: Minh Nguyễn <mxn@example.org>

It appears that Xcode is interpreting the string in MacRoman encoding somewhere along the line. Please ensure that you’re using NSUTF8StringEncoding everywhere you possibly can.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. `git config set user.name 'Minh Nguyễn'`
2. Commit something inside Xcode.
3. `git log -n 1 --format='%an'`

Expected Results:
Minh Nguyễn

Actual Results:
Minh Nguy·ªÖn

Version:
Xcode 7.0 beta 6 (7A192o)
OS X 10.10.5 (14F27)

Notes:

Configuration:
Presumably also reproduces with emoji. 😏

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Comments

I submitted a duplicate of this bug, and it appears your original bug has been closed by Apple. Did they mention if they would resolve it? Issue is still present on Xcode 7.0, I hope it's fixed on 7.1.

By agentriot at Sept. 21, 2015, 1:44 p.m. (reply...)

It is fixed in Xcode 7.1. :-D

By mxn at Oct. 21, 2015, 9:29 p.m. (reply...)

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