Documentation/config/i18n.txt

   1 i18n.commitEncoding::
   2         Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
   3         does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
   4         importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
   5         browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
   6         porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
   7
   8 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
   9         Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
  10         running 'git log' and friends.