topic Default file encoding in EG 8.6 - continued in Administration and Deployment https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6-continued/m-p/971665#M30163 <P>Follow-up for&nbsp;<A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6/td-p/969650" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6/td-p/969650</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Enterprise Guide 8.6 changes the file encoding on save. If a program, encoded in utf-8, is opened and saved, EG changes the encoding to utf8-bom. Git recognises this as modification, of course. Even worse: SAS Studio changes utf-8-bom to utf-8.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Are there any options in EG or Studio to prevent this mess?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:06:00 GMT andreas_lds 2025-07-30T05:06:00Z Default file encoding in EG 8.6 - continued https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6-continued/m-p/971665#M30163 <P>Follow-up for&nbsp;<A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6/td-p/969650" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6/td-p/969650</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Enterprise Guide 8.6 changes the file encoding on save. If a program, encoded in utf-8, is opened and saved, EG changes the encoding to utf8-bom. Git recognises this as modification, of course. Even worse: SAS Studio changes utf-8-bom to utf-8.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Are there any options in EG or Studio to prevent this mess?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:06:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6-continued/m-p/971665#M30163 andreas_lds 2025-07-30T05:06:00Z Re: Default file encoding in EG 8.6 - continued https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6-continued/m-p/975542#M30306 <P>A hotfix is now available for SAS Enterprise Guide 8.6 that should resolve this issue. Please check out the original discussion thread <A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6/m-p/970197" target="_self">https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6/m-p/970197</A>.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 07:55:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Default-file-encoding-in-EG-8-6-continued/m-p/975542#M30306 Wilbram-SAS 2025-09-23T07:55:13Z