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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] git-p4: add "--path-encoding" option
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:35:04 -0700
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Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:

> On 01 Sep 2015, at 01:13, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> larsxschneider@gmail.com writes:
>>=20
>>> From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
>>>=20
>>=20
>> Here is a space for you to describe what it does and why it is a
>> good idea to have it.
> How about this:
>
> Perforce keeps the encoding of a path as given by the originating
> OS. Git expects paths encoded as UTF-8. Add an option to tell git-p4
> what encoding Perforce had used for the paths. This encoding is used
> to transcode the paths to UTF-8. As an example, Perforce on Windows
> uses =E2=80=9Ccp1252=E2=80=9D to encode path names.

Very readable.  Does "Perforce on Windows" always use cp1252, or
is it more correct to say "often uses" here?