--- a/rust/rhg/src/ui.rs	Mon Feb 07 13:23:58 2022 +0100
+++ b/rust/rhg/src/ui.rs	Fri Nov 26 15:38:04 2021 +0100
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@
     Cow::Borrowed(bytes)
 }
 
+/// Decode user system bytes to Rust string.
+pub fn local_to_utf8(s: &[u8]) -> Cow<str> {
+    // TODO decode from the user's system
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(s)
+}
+
 /// Should formatted output be used?
 ///
 /// Note: rhg does not have the formatter mechanism yet,