lib/gitlab_git/repository.rb in gitlab_git-10.4.4 vs lib/gitlab_git/repository.rb in gitlab_git-10.4.5

@@ -950,10 +950,13 @@
 
         # Create the info directory if needed
         Dir.mkdir(info_dir_path) unless File.directory?(info_dir_path)
 
         # Write the contents of the .gitattributes file to info/attributes
-        File.write(info_attributes_path, gitattributes_content)
+        # Use binary mode to prevent Rails from converting ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8
+        File.open(info_attributes_path, "wb") do |file|
+          file.write(gitattributes_content)
+        end
       end
 
       # Checks if the blob should be diffable according to its attributes
       def diffable?(blob)
         blob_attributes = attributes(blob.path).to_h