gitpython-developers/GitPython — pull request #205 by hashar (2014-11-16 21:13:49+00:00)
Title: Remove Byte Order Mark from git/cmd.py

The Unicode Byte Order Mark is usually unwanted. git/cmd.py had one
inserted in 2008 by cf37099e, a commit that fix a Windows related issue
which indicate the file has most probably be edited with a text editor
that automatically insert the Byte Order Mark.

Remove the BOM from git/cmd.py

For details aboute the BOM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark