Unicode support in embedded PowerShell terminal upon "git status" command

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Since Jun 27, 2026.

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Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

  • VS Code Version: Version: 1.126.0 (user setup)
    Commit: 7e7950df89d055b5a378379db9ee14290772148a
    Date: 2026-06-23T01:46:13Z
    Electron: 42.2.0
    ElectronBuildId: 14159160
    Chromium: 148.0.7778.97
    Node.js: 24.15.0
    V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0
    OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
  • OS Version: Windows 11

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Git clone this repo : https://github.com/ramshankerji/Vishwakarma
  2. Open the cloned folder, and edit any file named with Devnagari scripts in folder ./code-core
  3. Open embedded powershell terminal and run command "git status" . Instead of seeing the filename (having unicode character), you will see lots of noisy text like this: modified: "code-core/\340\244\265\340\244\277\340\244\266\340\245\215\340\244\265\340\244\225\340\244\260\340\245\215\340\244\256\340\244\276.cpp"

Even though explorer shows the file name correctly.

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