Git bash chcp windows7 encoding issue

Question

Guys How I can change the encoding on Git bash command screen ?

I'm using windows 7 and when I'm trying to install any Ruby gem I usually got this issue

$ gem install libv8 -- --with-system-v8
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
    unknown encoding name - CP720

so when I try to use the command chcp 1252 it's gives me the error

$ chcp 1252
sh.exe": chcp: command not found

So how I can change the encoding on the git bash command screen ??

Answer 1

This is probably way too late, but anyway you need to use :

chcp.com 1252

because git bash can't extend chcp to a full executable on its own, so you need to type the full command.