Fix AssertionError when opening with chardet

codespell-project · Mar 13, 2023 · a326b44 · a326b44
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commit a326b44
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diff --git a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import argparse
 import configparser
 import fnmatch
+import locale
 import os
 import re
 import sys
@@ -228,7 +229,8 @@ def open_with_chardet(self, filename: str) -> Tuple[List[str], str]:
                     break
         self.encdetector.close()
         encoding = self.encdetector.result["encoding"]
-        assert encoding is not None  # noqa: S101
+        if not encoding:
+            encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding(False)
 
         try:
             f = open(filename, encoding=encoding, newline="")