Index: git-review/git-review
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--- git-review.orig/git-review	2014-04-15 14:52:50.488647000 +0200
+++ git-review/git-review	2014-04-19 11:07:59.501946193 +0200
@@ -1174,6 +1174,9 @@
                         GIT_EDITOR="sed -i -e "
                         "'/^Change-Id:/d'")
 
+    # for python2 compatibility
+    if type(cmd) == 'unicode':
+        cmd = cmd.encode('utf-8')
     if options.dry:
         print("Please use the following command "
               "to send your commits to review:\n")