1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index e1e2cad36d..4f512876ce 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -1506,13 +1506,18 @@ void format_commit_message(const struct commit *commit,
 	context.commit = commit;
 	context.pretty_ctx = pretty_ctx;
 	context.wrap_start = sb->len;
+	/*
+	 * convert a commit message to UTF-8 first
+	 * as far as 'format_commit_item' assumes it in UTF-8
+	 */
 	context.message = logmsg_reencode(commit,
 					  &context.commit_encoding,
-					  output_enc);
+					  utf8);
 
 	strbuf_expand(sb, format, format_commit_item, &context);
 	rewrap_message_tail(sb, &context, 0, 0, 0);
 
+	/* then convert a commit message to an actual output encoding */
 	if (output_enc) {
 		if (same_encoding(utf8, output_enc))
 			output_enc = NULL;