title: Terraform plan output: what is the encoding being used
body: <p>I've saved <code>terraform plan -out=my-plan</code> and intend to save it to source control and inject further to custom tool for ingestion and performing testing etc.</p>
  
  <p>However, the file contents of <code>my-plan</code> are jumbled and I'm wondering what the encoding used is.</p>
  
  <p>What is the encoding being used for the Terraform plan file?</p>