title: Make git diff show UTF8 encoded characters properly
body: <p>I have a file with Swedish characters in it (åäö) encoded with UTF8.</p>
  
  <p>If I <code>cat</code> the file it displays fine, but if I do <code>git diff</code> the special characters are printed, for example, as &lt;F6>.</p>
  
  <p>Example <code>git diff</code> output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-            name: 'Magler&lt;F6&gt;d, S&lt;F6&gt;der&lt;E5&gt;sen',
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I wanted to see:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-            name: 'Magleröd, Söderåsen',
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I found another question related to git and encoding problems: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5854967/git-msysgit-accents-utf-8-the-definitive-answers">git, msysgit, accents, utf-8, the definitive answers</a>
  It says all problems should be fixed in git version 1.7.10. I have version 1.8.1.2</p>
  
  <p>What can I do to make git diff properly display åäö?</p>