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diff --git a/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gitdb/utils/encoding.py b/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gitdb/utils/encoding.py
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+++ b/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gitdb/utils/encoding.py
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+def force_bytes(data, encoding="utf-8"):
+    if isinstance(data, bytes):
+        return data
+
+    if isinstance(data, str):
+        return data.encode(encoding)
+
+    return data
+
+
+def force_text(data, encoding="utf-8"):
+    if isinstance(data, str):
+        return data
+
+    if isinstance(data, bytes):
+        return data.decode(encoding)
+
+    return str(data, encoding)