When I import shapefile layers their encoding is System while the data is in UTF-8. How to change the default encoding to UTF-8? This question answer here " Is it possible to change default encoding for QGIS? " is no longer valid since in QGIS 3.12.3 there is no longer such option available in Data Sources. Has it just been moved to another place (where?) or is there any workaround?
UTF-8
.SHAPE_ENCODING=UTF-8
trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/ConfigOptions#SHAPE_ENCODING but it seems that it would be applied to all shapefiles even if they were not UTF-8.