+proc gitattr {path attr default} {
+ if {[catch {set r [exec git check-attr $attr -- $path]}]} {
+ set r unspecified
+ } else {
+ set r [join [lrange [split $r :] 2 end] :]
+ regsub {^ } $r {} r
+ }
+ if {$r eq {unspecified}} {
+ return $default
+ }
+ return $r
+}
+
+proc get_path_encoding {path} {
+ global gui_encoding
+ set tcl_enc [tcl_encoding $gui_encoding]
+ if {$tcl_enc eq {}} {
+ set tcl_enc [encoding system]
+ }
+ if {$path ne {}} {
+ set enc2 [tcl_encoding [gitattr $path encoding $tcl_enc]]
+ if {$enc2 ne {}} {
+ set tcl_enc $enc2
+ }
+ }
+ return $tcl_enc
+}
+