Rethink filename encoding handling for display. Since filename encoding may or may not match locale settings, any attempt to decode filenames will fail for some files. So instead, do all output in binary mode.

Messages.hs

@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ import Control.Monad.State (liftIO)
 import System.IO
 import Control.Monad (unless)
 import Data.String.Utils
-import qualified Codec.Binary.UTF8.String as UTF8
 
 import Types
 import qualified Annex
-import qualified SysConfig
 
 verbose :: Annex () -> Annex ()
 verbose a = do
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ showSideAction s = verbose $ liftIO $ putStrLn $ "(" ++ s ++ ")"
 
 showStart :: String -> String -> Annex ()
 showStart command file = verbose $ do
-	liftIO $ putStr $ command ++ " " ++ filePathToString file ++ " "
+	liftIO $ putStr $ command ++ " " ++ file ++ " "
 	liftIO $ hFlush stdout
 
 showNote :: String -> Annex ()
@@ -59,17 +57,15 @@ warning w = do
 indent :: String -> String
 indent s = join "\n" $ map (\l -> "  " ++ l) $ lines s
 
-{- Prepares a filename for display. This is needed because on many
- - platforms (eg, unix), FilePaths are internally stored in
- - non-decoded form. -}
-filePathToString :: FilePath -> String
-filePathToString = if SysConfig.unicodefilepath then id else UTF8.decodeString
-
-{- Workaround to avoid crashes displaying filenames containing
- - characters > 255 in non-utf8 locales. Force encodings to utf-8,
- - even though this may mean some characters in the encoding
- - are mangled. -}
-forceUtf8 :: IO ()
-forceUtf8 = do
-	hSetEncoding stdout utf8
-	hSetEncoding stderr utf8
+{- By default, haskell honors the user's locale in its output to stdout
+ - and stderr. While that's great for proper unicode support, for git-annex
+ - all that's really needed is the ability to display simple messages
+ - (currently untranslated), and importantly, to display filenames exactly
+ - as they are written on disk, no matter what their encoding. So, force
+ - raw mode. 
+ -
+ - NB: Once git-annex gets localized, this will need a rethink. -}
+setupConsole :: IO ()
+setupConsole = do
+	hSetBinaryMode stdout True
+	hSetBinaryMode stderr True