[windows] enforce to use UTF-8

[indraraj26]

When i create manually commitlint.config.js then i paste module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']} then it is taking UTF-8

Expected Behavior

Is there any way to force echo command to use UTF-8, if it is not possible you can close this.

Current Behavior

When you execute below in windows it will always be in different encoding instead of UTF-8
echo "module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']}" > commitlint.config.js

Affected packages

• [x ] cli
• core
• prompt
• [x ] config-angular

Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. execute this in windows
   echo "module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']}" > commitlint.config.js

2. check the encoding.

commitlint.config.js

```js ```

Context

Your Environment

Executable	Version
commitlint --version	VERSION
8.1.0
git --version	VERSION
git version 2.19.1.windows.1
node --version	VERSION
v10.16.0

Thank you

[marionebl]

I personally don't use win32 at all so I am not sure how to achieve this (as I can't test proposed solutions). According to Stackoverflow there is the chcp command to change cmd.exe output to utf-8.

I think the appropriate fix for this would be to add a win32-specific setup step detailing this. Want to lend a hand and test if this fixes the issue?

[indraraj26]

Hi, I have tried stackoverflow post but still default encoding type is ANSI, I checked with save-as in notepad to check encoding type.

I think let user generate commitlint.config.js by themselves.

[marionebl]

I think let user generate commitlint.config.js by themselves.

Good idea - the adapted section for win32 users still applies.

[indraraj26]

Hi @marionebl , You can close this thread once you added description in docs.