Convert to utf-8 before writing

pyscaffold · Sep 11, 2019 · 0963222 · 0963222
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Version 4.0
 Current versions
 ================
 
+Version 3.2.2, 2019-07-11
+-------------------------
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+- Write files as UTF-8, fixes ``codec can't encode characters`` error
+
 Version 3.2.1, 2019-07-11
 -------------------------
 

diff --git a/src/pyscaffold/utils.py b/src/pyscaffold/utils.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def create_file(path, content, pretend=False):
             but operation is logged.
     """
     if not pretend:
-        with open(path, 'w') as fh:
+        with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
             fh.write(content)
 
     logger.report('create', path)