# Patch Strings to enable detect_encoding! on views require 'charlock_holmes/string' module Gitlab module Encode extend self def utf8 message # return nil if message is nil return nil unless message # if message is utf-8 encoding, just return it message.force_encoding("utf-8") return message if message.valid_encoding? # if message is not utf-8 encoding, detect and convert it detect = CharlockHolmes::EncodingDetector.detect(message) if detect[:encoding] && detect[:confidence] > 60 message.force_encoding(detect[:encoding]) message.encode!("utf-8", detect[:encoding], :undef => :replace, :replace => "", :invalid => :replace) end message.valid_encoding? ? message : raise # Prevent app from crash cause of encoding errors rescue "--broken encoding: #{detect[:encoding]}" end def detect_encoding message return nil unless message hash = CharlockHolmes::EncodingDetector.detect(message) rescue {} return hash[:encoding] ? hash[:encoding] : nil end end end