From 1737957b341d62a8849ef9914d88fb5c61ab1277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Bernard <59966492+mbtools@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 02:19:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix regression in non-Unicode systems (#5732)

---
 src/repo/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/repo/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap b/src/repo/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap
index 6ae906ecf..b44627593 100644
--- a/src/repo/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap
+++ b/src/repo/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap
@@ -280,7 +280,11 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit IMPLEMENTATION.
 
     "unicode systems always add the byte order mark to the xml, while non-unicode does not
     "this code will always add the byte order mark if it is not in the xml
-    lv_mark = zcl_abapgit_convert=>xstring_to_string_utf8( cl_abap_char_utilities=>byte_order_mark_utf8 ).
+    TRY.
+        lv_mark = zcl_abapgit_convert=>xstring_to_string_utf8( cl_abap_char_utilities=>byte_order_mark_utf8 ).
+      CATCH zcx_abapgit_exception ##NO_HANDLER.
+* In non-unicode systems, the byte order mark throws an error
+    ENDTRY.
     IF lv_xml(1) <> lv_mark.
       CONCATENATE lv_mark lv_xml INTO lv_xml.
     ENDIF.