try this shizzle if you be having problems with weird characters in SVN

under [auto-props]
you need:
*.php = svn:eol-style=native
*.ini = svn:eol-style=native
*.c = svn:eol-style=native
*.cpp = svn:eol-style=native
*.h = svn:eol-style=native
*.dsp = svn:eol-style=CRLF
*.dsw = svn:eol-style=CRLF
*.sh = svn:eol-style=native;svn:executable
*.txt = svn:eol-style=native
*.png = svn:mime-type=image/png
*.gif = svn:mime-type=image/gif
*.jpg = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg