Re: [PATCH] git gui: fix branch name encoding error on git gui

Pratyush Yadav [off-list ref] writes:

My position is that we should default to UTF-8 given its popularity (at 
least in the Git world), but I'm wondering whether we should also add a 
config variable to allow users to configure their encodings.

If you don't mind, your thoughts on this would be appreciated :)

[0] https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui/pull/21

Quite honestly, as long as we can keep the core part to stay
"pathnames and refnames are just runs of bytes, terminated by NUL,
and no other interpretation is necessary", I do not think I care too
deeply if the UI layers (either GUI or Porcelain) become a bit more
restrictive.

But that is just my gut feeling.