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+I got the following error related to `Encode.pm` when I build my Ikiwiki instance 
+
+```
+$ ikiwiki --setup mysite.setup
+...
+'git pull --prune origin' failed:  at /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.20.0/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm line 220.
+Cannot decode string with wide characters at /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.20.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Encode.pm line 175.
+```
+
+Any idea how to fix it?