title: Can I make git recognize a UTF-16 file as text?
body: <p>I'm tracking a Virtual PC virtual machine file (*.vmc) in git, and after making a change git identified the file as binary and wouldn't diff it for me.  I discovered that the file was encoded in UTF-16.</p>
  
  <p>Can git be taught to recognize that this file is text and handle it appropriately?</p>
  
  <p>I'm using git under Cygwin, with core.autocrlf set to false.  I could use mSysGit or git under UNIX, if necessary.</p>