git log output encoding issues on Windows 10 command prompt

Question

Problem

How to make git log command output properly displayed on windows command prompt?

Example

As you can see I can type diacriti

Answer 1

If anyone is interested in the PowerShell equivalent of set LC_ALL=C.UTF-8, that is:

$env:LC_ALL='C.UTF-8'

However this works only for the current session. To make it permanent, two possibilities:

• create an environment variable named LC_ALL with the value C.UTF-8
• or put $env:LC_ALL='C.UTF-8' in your $Profile file