Re: [PATCH v2 01/18] t1404: new tests of ref D/F conflicts within transactions

[Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>]

On 05/14/2015 07:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> 
>>> But there is a i18n markings test, for which test-i18ngrep was invented for.
>>
>> Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of that facility.
>>
>> So if I understand correctly, s/grep/test_i18ngrep/ will address your
>> concern? That's fine with me.
> 
> Thinking about it again, should these messages ever be translated,
> or are they plumbing messages that should never get translated?
> 
> If the latter, then 'grep' is the right thing to do; in fact, it
> would be a bug in the test if we used test_i18ngrep.
> 
> 	Side note: besides, I think gettext-poison tests have bitrot
> 	and are no longer very useful (if they ever were, that is).

I don't really know how to decide which messages should be translatable
and which not.

Obviously 'update-ref' is a plumbing command, but these same error
messages can be emitted by any reference transaction, such as when a
push fails, in which case they are visible to the user.

Some other errors that can result from ref transaction failures are
tested in t1400 with 'grep'.

I think using 'grep' is OK for now, and if they are internationalized in
the future the breakage will be pretty obvious and straightforward to fix.

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
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