From 3cc86855010e3049bbc19f366f44d55bf08859fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A3o=20Moreno?= <joao.moreno@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:36:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #24883

---
 extensions/git/src/git.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 1d942588d49..b0b7c7b6002 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ export class Repository {
 	}
 
 	async buffer(object: string): Promise<Buffer> {
-		const child = this.stream(['show', object]);
+		const child = this.stream(['show', '--textconv', object]);
 
 		if (!child.stdout) {
 			return Promise.reject<Buffer>('Can\'t open file from git');
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ export class Repository {
 	}
 
 	async detectObjectType(object: string): Promise<{ mimetype: string, encoding?: string }> {
-		const child = await this.stream(['show', object]);
+		const child = await this.stream(['show', '--textconv', object]);
 		const buffer = await readBytes(child.stdout!, 4100);
 
 		try {