1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 2677c89c06..215f556c13 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -2220,6 +2220,16 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             text = regexp.sub(r'$\1$', text)
             contents = [ text ]
 
+        try:
+            relPath.decode('ascii')
+        except:
+            encoding = 'utf8'
+            if gitConfig('git-p4.pathEncoding'):
+                encoding = gitConfig('git-p4.pathEncoding')
+            relPath = relPath.decode(encoding, 'replace').encode('utf8', 'replace')
+            if self.verbose:
+                print 'Path with non-ASCII characters detected. Used %s to encode: %s ' % (encoding, relPath)
+
         self.gitStream.write("M %s inline %s\n" % (git_mode, relPath))
 
         # total length...