German "umlaut" causes "Unable to determine file type for..."

[phihos]

Summary

When a filename contains a German umlaut like äöü ansible-lint crashes with

Unable to determine file type for "playbook-with-umlaut-\303\274.yml"

Note that the ü in this case get escaped to \303\274.

Issue Type

• Bug Report

Ansible and Ansible Lint details

ansible --version

ansible 2.9.13
  config file = ...
  configured module search path = ['...']
  ansible python module location = ...
  executable location = ...
  python version = 3.8.5 (default, Jul 28 2020, 12:59:40) [GCC 9.3.0]


ansible-lint --version

ansible-lint 5.0.0

• ansible installation method: pip
• ansible-lint installation method: pip

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Ubuntu 20.04

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Create a playbook playbook-with-umlaut-ü.yml. Run ansible-lint.

Desired Behaviour

ansible-lint should not crash.

Actual Behaviour

ansible-lint crashes with:

Unable to determine file type for "playbook-with-umlaut-\303\274.yml"

(PR is already prepared and will be opened within the next 5 mins)

[ssbarnea]

Closed by #1340