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Generated XML test result files are not outputting UTF-8 encoded characters correctly using --gtest-output:xml

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#2,932 opened on Jul 7, 2020

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Description

We have a .cpp google test file, with UTF-8 encoded characters in some of our test names, for example:

TEST(stringReplace, Can_find_matching_characters_differing_case_Àà)

When this is executed using the --gtest-output:xml flag, it is generating an .xml file which is declared as having UTF8 encoding (<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?>), however those UTF8 characters are each being output as single byte ASCII characters.

This is causing issues when attempting to consume these files through an Azure Pipeline, using the PublishTestResults task.

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Research direction
Inspect the XML output generation logic in googletest, particularly how test names are written. Ensure UTF 8 characters are properly escaped or encoded in the XML output.
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