- fp = subprocess.Popen(['git', '--git-dir', nmbhome,
- 'cat-file', 'blob', sha1+':status-config.json'],
- stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout
+ fp_byte_stream = subprocess.Popen(
+ ['git', '--git-dir', nmbhome, 'cat-file', 'blob',
+ sha1+':status-config.json'],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout
+ fp = codecs.getreader(encoding=_ENCODING)(stream=fp_byte_stream)