In D4262#65777, @av6 wrote:

Thanks, ‘ and ’, for making it difficult to phabsend this. I had to

diff --git a/contrib/phabricator.py b/contrib/phabricator.py
--- a/contrib/phabricator.py
+++ b/contrib/phabricator.py
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ def urlencodenested(params):
     def process(prefix, obj):
         items = {list: enumerate, dict: lambda x: x.items()}.get(type(obj))
         if items is None:
+            if isinstance(obj, unicode):
+                obj = obj.encode('utf-8')
             flatparams[prefix] = obj
         else:
             for k, v in items(obj):

But having word diff for this series makes up for the frustration, I think.

I don't understand this aspect super well, I admit I haven't read the docs you linked to, but I can see why this would be more correct :)

(Like the description says, this hides --style in tab completion. I think this is an improvement).