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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Encoding issue with GitPython and Aider Usage","articleBody":"Environment:\n- OS: Windows 10.\n- Python: 3.11.9 \n- Git: 2.46.1.windows.1\n- Aider v0.83.2 (this is the current version)\n- Git repository index version: 2 (verified with git update-index --show-index-version)\n\nI’m encountering an issue when using Aider, a programming tool that relies on GitPython to interact with my Git repository. When starting Aider, I get the following error:\n\"Unable to read staged files: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xf5 in position 18: invalid start byte\"\n\nBecause of this error, I’m forced to run Aider with the --no-git option to bypass Git integration. \n\nMy repository primarily contains legacy Delphi 7 code, with files encoded in Windows-1252.\n\nIf I understand correctly, GitPython assumes files are in UTF-8 by default, but this doesn’t match my files’ encoding. Given the legacy nature of the project and the large number of files, converting them all to UTF-8 is not a viable solution for me.\n\nThere are any solutions in this case? \n\nThank you.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/cvjxendra","@type":"Person","name":"cvjxendra"},"datePublished":"2025-05-28T12:42:12.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/2030/GitPython/issues/2030"}