1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/workers/post_receive.rb b/app/workers/post_receive.rb
index ecc6c8e53a3..0c3ee6ba4ff 100644
--- a/app/workers/post_receive.rb
+++ b/app/workers/post_receive.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ class PostReceive
       return false
     end
 
-    changes = changes.lines if changes.kind_of?(String)
+    changes = Base64.decode64(changes) unless changes.include?(" ")
+    changes = utf8_encode_changes(changes)
+    changes = changes.lines
 
     changes.each do |change|
       oldrev, newrev, ref = change.strip.split(' ')
@@ -41,6 +43,19 @@ class PostReceive
     end
   end
 
+  def utf8_encode_changes(changes)
+    changes = changes.dup
+    
+    changes.force_encoding("UTF-8")
+    return changes if changes.valid_encoding?
+
+    # Convert non-UTF-8 branch/tag names to UTF-8 so they can be dumped as JSON.
+    detection = CharlockHolmes::EncodingDetector.detect(changes)
+    return changes unless detection && detection[:encoding]
+
+    CharlockHolmes::Converter.convert(changes, detection[:encoding], 'UTF-8')
+  end
+
   def log(message)
     Gitlab::GitLogger.error("POST-RECEIVE: #{message}")
   end