Git bash chcp windows7 encoding issue

bash, git, ruby

Solution

This is probably way too late, but anyway you need to use :

`chcp.com 1252`

because git bash can't extend `chcp` to a full executable on its own, so you need to type the full command.

Problem

Guys How I can change the encoding on Git bash command screen ? I'm using windows 7 and when I'm trying to install any Ruby gem I usually got this issue ``` $ gem install libv8 -- --with-system-v8 ERROR: While executing gem ... (ArgumentError) unknown encoding name - CP720 ``` so when I try to use the command `chcp 1252` it's gives me the error ``` $ chcp 1252 sh.exe": chcp: command not found ``` So how I can change the encoding on the git bash command screen ??

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