From 0574c6047a1fa393db8200cb544ccd2c2f4ef124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davide Spadini <spadini.davide@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:21:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] change decode type and add replace flag

---
 git/diff.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git/diff.py b/git/diff.py
index 567e3e70c..0fc30b9eb 100644
--- a/git/diff.py
+++ b/git/diff.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def __init__(self, repo, a_rawpath, b_rawpath, a_blob_id, b_blob_id, a_mode,
         # we need to overwrite "repo" to the corresponding submodule's repo instead
         if repo and a_rawpath:
             for submodule in repo.submodules:
-                if submodule.path == a_rawpath.decode("utf-8"):
+                if submodule.path == a_rawpath.decode(defenc, 'replace'):
                     if submodule.module_exists():
                         repo = submodule.module()
                     break