diff --git a/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb b/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb
index 1540a2e4b..ad04b62cb 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ module Redmine
           @path_encoding = path_encoding.blank? ? 'UTF-8' : path_encoding
         end
 
+        def path_encoding
+          @path_encoding
+        end
+
         def info
           begin
             Info.new(:root_url => url, :lastrev => lastrev('',nil))