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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: Possible bug: "git log" ignores "--encoding=UTF-8" option if
	--pretty=format:%e%n%s%n is used
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:34:55 -0500
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 05:38:47PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > BTW for some reason --pretty=raw is affected by encoding option on the
> > command line.
> 
> Unfortunately, that is what you get for reading from a Porcelain output,
> which is meant for, and are subject to improvement for, human consumption.
> 
> If you want bit-for-bit information, you can always ask "git cat-file".

What about "git rev-list --pretty=raw"? Is that also porcelain?

I would be curious to hear your take on our failure to respect
--encoding for --pretty=format. Is it a bug to be fixed, or a historical
behavior to be maintained?

-Peff