Inside a script, git cannot add to the index filenames with accented letters

Question

I have a git cli wrapper that I use from inside a nodejs application, and I recently noticed that when I try to add files which have a name with non ASCII characters in it, like tèst.ò, those files are simply not added. No errors are generated. If I try to add a file which does not exist, an error is generated.

I created the very minimal test case, which consists of just a line inside a bash script:

#!/bin/bash

git add "èè.md"

and it fails as well. Note that on a couple of Linux boxes I own, it works.

What is happening?

git is 1.7.x, OSX is 10.9.3.

Seems OK with git 1.9 and git 2.0 I really hope that it is not a git problem because I cannot "ship" git as part of my project... — Claudio, Jul 21 '14 at 20:47
This is probably related but in my case, command line works. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5581857/git-and-the-umlaut-problem-on-mac-os-x — Claudio, Jul 21 '14 at 20:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '14 at 20:16

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The problem is with git < 1.8.5.x

Any other git version works. Solved upgrading git.

answered Jul 25 '14 at 20:16

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Inside a script, git cannot add to the index filenames with accented letters

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