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Although Git can deal with Unicode characters, by default it will print non-ASCII file names in quoted octal notation. | Although Git can deal with Unicode characters, by default it will print non-ASCII file names in quoted octal notation. | ||
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In that case, change the console font to a TrueType font such as Lucida Console or Consolas or "APL385 Unicode". | In that case, change the console font to a TrueType font such as Lucida Console or Consolas or "APL385 Unicode". | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:09, 6 October 2024
Issues with APL characters in filenames
Although Git can deal with Unicode characters, by default it will print non-ASCII file names in quoted octal notation.
For example, the filename ∆UCMD.aplf is represented as \342\210\206UCMD.aplf – the three numbers are octal numbers for the three bytes required to represent the ∆ character.
Now, this is not practical for an APLer, since characters like the del symbol or the quad symbol might well be used for filenames.
Luckily, this can be addressed:
git config core.quotepath off
This changes the settings for the current repository so that ∆UCMD.aplf (unquoted) is returned.
More likely, you want to set it for all your repositories:
git config --global core.quotepath off
Note that your console might use a font that does not support Unicode. This is the case on Windows, for example.
In that case, change the console font to a TrueType font such as Lucida Console or Consolas or "APL385 Unicode".