Encoding::UndefinedConversionError - "\xC2" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8:

[sanchojaf]

Hi, I have the error when I do rails s

Encoding::UndefinedConversionError - "\xC2" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8:

when I am trying use deface for override rails_admin.

rake deface:precompile work fine.

my_override.rb test

Deface::Override.new(:virtual_path => "rails_admin/main/index",
:name => "example-1",
:replace => "li.dropdown",
:text => "

New Post

")

https://gist.github.com/sanchojaf/bff0712fdadac408518f

gem 'rails_admin','0.6.5'
gem 'deface', '~> 1.0.0'

the line that is trying to compile is 94:
in

https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/blob/01d2bd884a3b536ea3dac41202b4f23f69ed9cb6/app/views/rails_admin/main/index.html.haml

= "#list td.#{property.css_class} { max-width: #{property.column_width}px; }"

Complete Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
ruby '2.1.2'
gem 'rails', '4.1.4'
gem 'sass-rails', '> 4.0.3'
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
gem 'coffee-rails', '> 4.0.0'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'turbolinks'
gem 'jbuilder', '> 2.0'
gem 'sdoc', '> 0.4.0', group: :doc
gem 'spring', group: :development
gem 'bootstrap-sass'
gem 'devise','3.3.0'
gem 'wicked'
gem 'rails_admin','0.6.5'
gem 'deface', '> 1.0.0'
gem 'ffaker'
gem 'chartkick'
gem 'therubyracer'
gem 'haml'
gem 'bootstrap3-datetimepicker-rails', '> 3.1.3'
gem 'awesome_nested_set'
gem 'acts_as_list'

group :development do
gem 'better_errors'
gem 'binding_of_caller', :platforms=>[:mri_21]
gem 'quiet_assets'
gem 'rails_layout'
gem 'sqlite3'
end
group :production do
gem 'thin'
gem 'rails_12factor'
gem 'pg'
end

[Em-AK]

I have the same problem. Did you find a workaround ?

[adarsh]

Maybe try calling .force_encoding('UTF-8') on the string in question to coerce it.