Index: src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
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--- src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
+++ src/lint/linter/ArcanistTextLinter.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   const LINT_NO_COMMIT              = 7;
 
   private $maxLineLength = 80;
+  private $badCharsetsAllowed = false;
 
   public function setMaxLineLength($new_length) {
     $this->maxLineLength = $new_length;
@@ -26,6 +27,15 @@
     return;
   }
 
+  public function setBadCharsetsAllowed($allowed) {
+    $this->allowBadCharsets = $allowed;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function isBadCharsetsAllowed() {
+    return $this->allowBadCharsets;
+  }
+
   public function getLinterName() {
     return 'TXT';
   }
@@ -137,6 +147,10 @@
   }
 
   protected function lintCharset($path) {
+    if ($this->allowBadCharsets) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     $data = $this->getData($path);
 
     $matches = null;