Re: [BUG REPORT] File names that contain UTF8 characters are unnecessarily escaped in 'git status .' messages
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-30 22:23:22
Jeff King [off-list ref] 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.