git-lfs .gitattributes file: strange unicode characters

Question

I am using git on windows.

I added the following line to .gitattributes file:

"*.msi" filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

Then I checked with git lfs track but nothing shows up.

Then I tried adding with git lfs track "*.msi" . Now it shows up when using git lfs track but the .gitattributes file looks like this:

਍∀⨀⸀洀猀椀∀ 昀椀氀琀攀爀㴀氀昀猀 搀椀昀昀㴀氀昀猀 洀攀爀最攀㴀氀昀猀 ⴀ琀攀砀琀ഀ਍⸪獭⁩楦瑬牥氽獦搠晩㵦晬⁳敭杲㵥晬⁳琭硥൴

What's going on? I want a readable working .gitattributes file.

Answer 1

My .gitattributes file was UTF-16 somehow. Changed it to UTF-8, now everything is fine.