1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qmake/project.cpp b/qmake/project.cpp
index 427bea3..fe08b7b 100644
--- a/qmake/project.cpp
+++ b/qmake/project.cpp
@@ -677,7 +677,23 @@ QMakeProject::reset()
 bool
 QMakeProject::parse(const QString &t, QMap<QString, QStringList> &place, int numLines)
 {
-    QString s = t.simplified();
+    // To preserve the integrity of any UTF-8 characters in .pro file, temporarily replace the
+    // non-breaking space (0xA0) characters with another non-space character, so that
+    // QString::simplified() call will not replace it with space.
+    // Note: There won't be any two byte characters in .pro files, so 0x10A0 should be a safe
+    // replacement character.
+    static QChar nbsp(0xA0);
+    static QChar nbspFix(0x01A0);
+    QString s;
+    if (t.indexOf(nbsp) != -1) {
+        s = t;
+        s.replace(nbsp, nbspFix);
+        s = s.simplified();
+        s.replace(nbspFix, nbsp);
+    } else {
+        s = t.simplified();
+    }
+
     int hash_mark = s.indexOf("#");
     if(hash_mark != -1) //good bye comments
         s = s.left(hash_mark);