fix(remote): py3 compatibility

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/git/remote.py b/git/remote.py
index 169d4f79..b440e2cc 100644
--- a/git/remote.py
+++ b/git/remote.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from git.util import (
 )
 from git.cmd import handle_process_output
 from gitdb.util import join
-from git.compat import defenc
+from git.compat import (defenc, safe_decode)
 import logging
 
 log = logging.getLogger('git.remote')
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ class Remote(LazyMixin, Iterable):
         progress_handler = progress.new_message_handler()
 
         for line in proc.stderr:
-            line = line.decode(defenc)
+            line = safe_decode(line)
             for pline in progress_handler(line):
                 if line.startswith('fatal:') or line.startswith('error:'):
                     raise GitCommandError(("Error when fetching: %s" % line,), 2)