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diff --git a/lib/gitlabhq/encode.rb b/lib/gitlabhq/encode.rb
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+module Gitlabhq
+  module Encode 
+    extend self
+
+    def utf8 message
+      hash = CharlockHolmes::EncodingDetector.detect(message)
+      if hash[:encoding]
+        CharlockHolmes::Converter.convert(message, hash[:encoding], 'UTF-8')
+      else
+        message
+      end.force_encoding("utf-8")
+    end
+  end
+end