Re: [PATCH] unpack-trees: fix English grammar in do-this-before-that messages

[Vasco Almeida <vascomalmeida@sapo.pt>]

Às 05:31 de 24-06-2016, Alex Henrie escreveu:
> Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
> ---
>  unpack-trees.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
> index 6bc9512..11c37fb 100644
> --- a/unpack-trees.c
> +++ b/unpack-trees.c
> @@ -62,17 +62,17 @@ void setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(struct unpack_trees_options *opts,
>  	if (!strcmp(cmd, "checkout"))
>  		msg = advice_commit_before_merge
>  		      ? _("Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:\n%%s"
> -			  "Please commit your changes or stash them before you can switch branches.")
> +			  "Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.")
>  		      : _("Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:\n%%s");

The only downside I can tell about this is translator are going to have
to update those strings on their translations, but that is a normal
thing to do on an active project like Git.

I'm not a native speak either, but I think I have translated that as if
the sentences were like this patch introduces. I agree with this change.