Existing text files with German characters get corrupted after opening in VS Code

[niranjan-ing]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.78.2 and before.
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19044

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Select encoding as UTF-8.
2. Open exiting file with German characters.
3. Special German characters shows as � in the file.
4. Make changes to the file. Don't even need to change German characters. Any changes are fine.
5. Push code to git. The characters show as '�' in git diff.
6. Below are some examples of German chars getting corrupted and when they are pushed from VS Code:

• ä -> �
• ß -> �
• ö -> �

[lszomoru]

/gifPlease

[vscodenpa]

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[vscodenpa]

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