From 9b2d58159c70b46214d0ef961168bbc826651663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brooklyn Nicholson <brooklyn.bb.nicholson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 22:55:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): satisfy ruff encoding requirement in send_cmd

Specify utf-8 when reading message bodies from --file paths so the full-repo ruff enforcement check passes in CI.
---
 hermes_cli/send_cmd.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hermes_cli/send_cmd.py b/hermes_cli/send_cmd.py
index 451bb3b4964..2d0c3418ea2 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/send_cmd.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/send_cmd.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _read_message_body(
         if file_path == "-":
             return sys.stdin.read()
         try:
-            return Path(file_path).read_text()
+            return Path(file_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         except OSError as exc:
             print(f"hermes send: cannot read {file_path}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
             sys.exit(_USAGE_EXIT)