title: How to configure git encoding for German Umlaute on Ubuntu and Windows?
body: <p>I noticed that commit messages that contain <em>German Umlaute</em> are not displayed correctly when I run <code>git log</code> in <em>Git Bash</em> on Windows. Those commits were made on Ubuntu using the <em>Terminal</em>. Normally, commit messages are written in English but when it comes to names there is no way around, e.g. <code>Added library by Simon Jünker.</code> I guess it can also be <em>Git Bash</em> which cannot handle the character encoding. But maybe there is a setting to force <code>utf-8</code> encoding for writing and displaying text in any module (<em>Git Gui</em>, <em>Git k</em>) of Git.  </p>
  
  <p>What is your multi-platform character encoding setup for Git? Please, make sure to include the configuration for both platforms in your answer. You can also add MacOS.</p>