Skip UTF-8 BOM when reading config file

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - On macOS, automatic graphics switching has been enabled again
 - Text getting recognized as URLs without slashes separating the scheme
 - URL parser dropping trailing slashes from valid URLs
+- UTF-8 BOM skipped when reading config file
 
 ### Removed
 

alacritty/src/config.rs

@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ fn read_config(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<Config> {
     let mut contents = String::new();
     File::open(path)?.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
 
+    // Remove UTF-8 BOM
+    if contents.chars().nth(0) == Some('\u{FEFF}') {
+        contents = contents.split_off(3);
+    }
+
     // Prevent parsing error with empty string
     if contents.is_empty() {
         return Ok(Config::default());