diff --git a/subcmds/branches.py b/subcmds/branches.py
index fa1dff6..fb60d7d 100644
--- a/subcmds/branches.py
+++ b/subcmds/branches.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
 #