gitpython-developers
diff --git a/‎git/refs/log.py
Lines changed: 13 additions & 9 deletions b/‎git/refs/log.py
Lines changed: 13 additions & 9 deletions
diff --git a/‎git/test/test_reflog.py
Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions b/‎git/test/test_reflog.py
Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 )
 from git.compat import (
     xrange,
-    string_types
+    string_types,
+    defenc
 )
 
 import time
@@ -38,9 +39,8 @@ class RefLogEntry(tuple):
     def __repr__(self):
         """Representation of ourselves in git reflog format"""
         act = self.actor
-        name = act.name.encode('utf-8')
         time = self.time
-        return self._fmt % (self.oldhexsha, self.newhexsha, name, act.email,
+        return self._fmt % (self.oldhexsha, self.newhexsha, act.name, act.email,
                             time[0], altz_to_utctz_str(time[1]), self.message)
 
     @property
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ def new(self, oldhexsha, newhexsha, actor, time, tz_offset, message):
     @classmethod
     def from_line(cls, line):
         """:return: New RefLogEntry instance from the given revlog line.
-        :param line: line without trailing newline
+        :param line: line bytes without trailing newline
         :raise ValueError: If line could not be parsed"""
+        line = line.decode(defenc)
         try:
             info, msg = line.split('\t', 1)
         except ValueError:
@@ -253,15 +254,18 @@ def append_entry(cls, config_reader, filepath, oldbinsha, newbinsha, message):
         # END handle sha type
         assure_directory_exists(filepath, is_file=True)
         committer = isinstance(config_reader, Actor) and config_reader or Actor.committer(config_reader)
-        entry = RefLogEntry(
-            (bin_to_hex(oldbinsha), bin_to_hex(newbinsha), committer, (int(time.time()), time.altzone), message))
+        entry = RefLogEntry((
+            bin_to_hex(oldbinsha).decode('ascii'),
+            bin_to_hex(newbinsha).decode('ascii'), 
+            committer, (int(time.time()), time.altzone), message
+        ))
 
         lf = LockFile(filepath)
         lf._obtain_lock_or_raise()
 
-        fd = open(filepath, 'a')
+        fd = open(filepath, 'ab')
         try:
-            fd.write(repr(entry))
+            fd.write(repr(entry).encode(defenc))
         finally:
             fd.close()
             lf._release_lock()
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ def _serialize(self, stream):
 
         # write all entries
         for e in self:
-            write(repr(e))
+            write(repr(e).encode(defenc))
         # END for each entry
 
     def _deserialize(self, stream):
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     RefLog
 )
 from git.util import Actor
+from gitdb.util import hex_to_bin
 
 import tempfile
 import shutil
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def test_base(self):
         assert len(reflog)
 
         # iter_entries works with path and with stream
-        assert len(list(RefLog.iter_entries(open(rlp_master))))
+        assert len(list(RefLog.iter_entries(open(rlp_master, 'rb'))))
         assert len(list(RefLog.iter_entries(rlp_master)))
 
         # raise on invalid revlog
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def test_base(self):
         self.failUnlessRaises(ValueError, RefLog().write)
 
         # test serialize and deserialize - results must match exactly
-        binsha = chr(255) * 20
+        binsha = hex_to_bin(('f' * 40).encode('ascii'))
         msg = "my reflog message"
         cr = self.rorepo.config_reader()
         for rlp in (rlp_head, rlp_master):