When stream.setEncoding is called, it additionally sets the decoder in the underlying stream. Unfortunately, despite what the official documentation says, calling setEncoding(null) sets the underlying decoder to UTF-8.
This causes problems when you need the raw buffer data of a file to pipe elsewhere, such as a zlib.gunzip stream for gunzipping files.
This pull request allows specifying { encoding: null } to disable that call.
When stream.setEncoding is called, it additionally sets the decoder in the underlying stream. Unfortunately, despite what the official documentation says, calling
setEncoding(null)sets the underlying decoder to UTF-8.This causes problems when you need the raw buffer data of a file to pipe elsewhere, such as a zlib.gunzip stream for gunzipping files.
This pull request allows specifying
{ encoding: null }to disable that call.