=== modified file 'exporter.py'
--- exporter.py	2014-05-15 09:26:03 +0000
+++ exporter.py	2014-06-04 01:37:06 +0000
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
             elif kind == 'symlink':
                 file_cmds.append(commands.FileModifyCommand(path.encode("utf-8"),
                     helpers.kind_to_mode('symlink', False),
-                    None, tree_new.get_symlink_target(id_)))
+                    None, tree_new.get_symlink_target(id_).encode('utf-8')))
             elif kind == 'directory':
                 if not self.plain_format:
                     file_cmds.append(commands.FileModifyCommand(path.encode("utf-8"),