git not displaying unicode file names

Question

I\'m using git 2.5.4 on Mac OS X.

I have filenames containing é and git is displaying it with escapes. Is there a way to make it use unicode and show t

Answer 1

Check first if git config core.quotePath false helps.

git config --global core.quotePath false

If not, as stated in "Git and the Umlaut problem on Mac OS X", try:

git config --global core.precomposeunicode true

From git config man page:

core.precomposeUnicode

This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition of filenames done by Mac OS.