Like File::read, but strips out a BOM marker if it exists.
# File lib/hoe.rb, line 888 def self.read_utf path r19 = "<3".respond_to? :encoding opt = r19 ? "r:bom|utf-8" : "rb" open path, opt do |f| if r19 then f.read else f.read.sub /\A\xEF\xBB\xBF/, '' end end end