Shreyansh Paliwal [off-list ref] writes:

Additionally, the wording of the first prompt can confuse the user if not
read properly or under any default assumptions for a yes/no prompt. Change
the wording to make it explicitly clear to the user that the prompt needs a
string input, UTF-8 being the default.

The intended flow is,

        Declare which 8bit encoding to use [default: UTF-8]? foobar
        <foobar> does not appear to be a valid charset name. Use it anyway [y/N]?

[1]- https://github.com/git/git/commit/852a15d748034eec87adbee73a72689c8936fb8b

Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Paliwal <redacted>
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Changes in v4:
 - removed the confirm_ask() helper and changes to ask().
 - make a new warning/confirmation prompt specific to the 8bit encoding flow.

Looking quite straight-forward.  Will replace.

Shall we declare victory and mark the topic for 'next'?

Thanks.