A proposal on solve encoding problem on Windows.

[Andrey]

The most important goal for me was actually this:
2 (3?). use utf8 as the default encoding for new commits.

Now I see (thanks, Matt), that it may introduce serious regression problems.
I need some time to think about a possible solution.
 

>   if all files in manifest are valid UTF-8:
>     # repo is already in UTF-8 mode or is pure ASCII
>     mode = utf8transcoding
>
 This check is just a guess. We cannot rely on it. In general, it is not 
possible to detect the encoding from the sequence of bytes.

I am afraid, the change should only be implemented for brand new 
repositories.

P.S. I would prefer if someone (with a broad view) can maintain a 
wiki/document/specification for this proposal. Otherwise, it is rather 
difficult to follow the discussion...
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