M lib/github/commands/rest2html → lib/github/commands/rest2html

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ except:
     pass
 
 import sys
+import codecs
+
 from docutils.core import publish_parts
 from docutils.writers.html4css1 import Writer
 
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ Usage: rest2html < README.rst
            rest2html README.rst
     """
     try:
-        text = open(sys.argv[1], 'r').read()
+        text = codecs.open(sys.argv[1], 'r', 'utf-8').read()
     except IOError: # given filename could not be found
         return ''
     except IndexError: # no filename given

M test/markups/README.rst → test/markups/README.rst

@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ 1. Blah blah ``code`` blah
 
 2. More ``code``, hooray
 
-
+3. Somé UTF-8°

M test/markups/README.rst.html → test/markups/README.rst.html

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ <h2>Header 2</h2>
 <ol class="arabic simple">
 <li>Blah blah <tt class="docutils literal">code</tt> blah</li>
 <li>More <tt class="docutils literal">code</tt>, hooray</li>
+<li>Somé UTF-8°</li>
 </ol>
 </div>
 </div>