--- lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb.org	Sat Nov 23 17:41:44 2013
+++ lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb	Wed May 14 10:55:15 2014
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@
           return @branches if @branches
           @branches = []
           cmd_args = %w|branch --no-color --verbose --no-abbrev|
           git_cmd(cmd_args) do |io|
             io.each_line do |line|
-              branch_rev = line.match('\s*(\*?)\s*(.*?)\s*([0-9a-f]{40}).*$')
+              branch_rev = line.force_encoding('UTF-8').match('\s*(\*?)\s*(.*?)\s*([0-9a-f]{40}).*$')
               bran = GitBranch.new(branch_rev[2])
               bran.revision =  branch_rev[3]
               bran.scmid    =  branch_rev[3]
               bran.is_default = ( branch_rev[1] == '*' )
               @branches << bran
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
 
         def tags
           return @tags if @tags
           cmd_args = %w|tag|
           git_cmd(cmd_args) do |io|
-            @tags = io.readlines.sort!.map{|t| t.strip}
+            @tags = io.readlines.sort!.map{|t| t.strip.force_encoding('UTF-8')}
           end
         rescue ScmCommandAborted
           nil
         end