unicode handling in messages and trees was improved. Messages are now written according to the encoding of the commit object, and decoded using that information as well. Trees will encode and decode their names with utf8

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/git/objects/commit.py b/lib/git/objects/commit.py
index 132d794b..f3a6e216 100644
--- a/lib/git/objects/commit.py
+++ b/lib/git/objects/commit.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from time import (
 					altzone
 				)
 import os
+import sys
 
 __all__ = ('Commit', )
 
@@ -381,7 +382,13 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, Diffable, Traversable, Serializable):
 			write("encoding %s\n" % self.encoding)
 		
 		write("\n")
-		write(self.message)
+		
+		# write plain bytes, be sure its encoded according to our encoding
+		if isinstance(self.message, unicode):
+			write(self.message.encode(self.encoding))
+		else:
+			write(self.message)
+		# END handle encoding
 		return self
 	
 	def _deserialize(self, stream):
@@ -421,6 +428,11 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, Diffable, Traversable, Serializable):
 		# a stream from our data simply gives us the plain message
 		# The end of our message stream is marked with a newline that we strip
 		self.message = stream.read()
+		try:
+			self.message = self.message.decode(self.encoding)
+		except Exception:
+			print >> sys.stderr, "Failed to decode message: %s" % self.message
+		# END exception handling 
 		return self
 		
 	#} END serializable implementation