Use String#b instead of using a #bytes! method

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/ref_service.rb b/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/ref_service.rb
index 9d0cca04e..158a7f803 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/ref_service.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/ref_service.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module GitalyServer
       Gitaly::CreateBranchResponse.new(
         status: :OK,
         branch: Gitaly::Branch.new(
-          name: bytes!(rugged_ref.name),
+          name: rugged_ref.name.b,
           target_commit: gitaly_commit_from_rugged(rugged_ref.target),
         ),
       )
diff --git a/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/utils.rb b/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/utils.rb
index ffc08107c..c5d5479cf 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/utils.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/gitaly_server/utils.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ module GitalyServer
 
     def gitaly_commit_author_from_rugged(rugged_author)
       Gitaly::CommitAuthor.new(
-        name: bytes!(rugged_author[:name]),
-        email: bytes!(rugged_author[:email]),
+        name: rugged_author[:name].b,
+        email: rugged_author[:email].b,
         date: Google::Protobuf::Timestamp.new(seconds: rugged_author[:time].to_i)
       )
     end
-
-    def bytes!(string)
-      string.force_encoding('ASCII-8BIT')
-    end
   end
 end