1. Open Windows Terminal

  2. Enter the Settings page (Ctrl + ,)

  3. Click the Add a new profile on the left bottom panel

  4. On the Add a new profile page, click New empty profile or Duplicate from an existed profile

  5. On the new profile page, fill the following options:

    • Name: Git Bash

    • Command Line: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe -i -l

      The -i -l or --interactive --login options will make Git Bash work on non-ASCII text well.

      • Without -i -l:

        $ ls -l /tmp/hello/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 ousia 197121 0 Aug 29 16:46 '□□'$'\226''□'$'\225\214'

      • With -i -l:

        $ ls -l /tmp/hello/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 ousia 197121 0 Aug 29 16:46 世界

    • Starting Directory: %USERPROFILE%

    • Icon: C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe

  6. Click the Save on the right bottom to finish it.

To solve Git not displaying unicode file names:

$ git init --initial-branch=main
$ touch 'Hello 世界.txt'
$ git status
On branch main

No commits yet

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        "Hello \344\270\226\347\225\214.txt"

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

$ git config core.quotePath false

$ git status
On branch main

No commits yet

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        Hello 世界.txt

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

You can also specify the --global option as below:

git config --global core.quotePath false