Make Git Status Show Chinese File Path

Context

When running git status, it shows the octal utf8 for Chinese characters in the file path. For example, file 中文.txt appears as follows:

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        "\344\270\255\346\226\207.txt"

Problem

How to make git status shows chinese characters in the file paths?

Solution

Disable the quoted octal notation by running the following command:

git config --global core.quotepath off

Reference

• stackoverflow