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Windows UTF-8 and encoding fixes for git/clipboard

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #81963 on 8 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address encoding errors on Windows, specifically UnicodeDecodeError crashes when git output contains non-ASCII content and related clipboard read issues. Fixes involve decoding subprocess output as UTF-8 and handling PowerShell codepage behavior.

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  • #81963 fix(windows): base64 clipboard reads + UTF-8 subprocess decodes (PowerShell codepage class)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/goals.py, hermes_cli/tools_config.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_goal_gates.py, tests/tools/test_working_diff.py, tools/working_diff.py, ui-tui/src/__tests__/clipboard.test.ts, ui-tui/src/lib/clipboard.ts

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #72642 fix(tools): decode git output as UTF-8 in working_diff on Windows · merged via another change → #81963
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#72641[Bug]: /diff crashes with UnicodeDecodeError on Windows when git output contains non-ASCII filenames or content
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