gitalist-description-encode.diff

diff --git a/lib/Gitalist/Git/Repository.pm b/lib/Gitalist/Git/Repository.pm
index bcb36fa..962466e 100644
--- a/lib/Gitalist/Git/Repository.pm
+++ b/lib/Gitalist/Git/Repository.pm
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class Gitalist::Git::Repository with Gitalist::Git::HasUtils {
     method _build_description {
         my $description = "";
         eval {
-            $description = $self->path->file('description')->slurp;
+            $description = $self->path->file('description')->slurp( iomode => '<:encoding(utf8)' );
             chomp $description;
         };
        $description = "Unnamed repository, edit the .git/description file to set a description"