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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Jan Krüger" <jk@jk.gs>,
	"Ramkumar Ramachandra" <artagnon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] gettextize: git-revert mark the "me" variable for translation
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 13:45:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100906184536.GD25426@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1283775704-29440-13-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> The "me" variable is used in many later messages to indicate whether
> we're using revert or cherry-pick.

What good does it do to translate it?  The command name is the same
even in Hindi git.

> --- a/builtin/revert.c
> +++ b/builtin/revert.c
> @@ -552,7 +552,9 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
>  	struct rev_info revs;
>  
>  	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
> -	me = action == REVERT ? "revert" : "cherry-pick";
> +	/* TRANSLATORS: This is used in several error messages indicating
> +	   the name of the current program */
> +	me = action == REVERT ? N_("revert") : N_("cherry-pick");
>  	setenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION, me, 0);

Unrelated question: Are reflog actions supposed to be translated?  (I
have not thought about that carefully.)

  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-06 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-04 22:10 [PATCH 00/63] [REDO] Add gettext support to Git Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 01/63] builtin: use builtin.h for all builtin commands Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 02/63] Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 05/63] tests: locate i18n lib&data correctly under --valgrind Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 21/63] po/is.po: add Icelandic translation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 26/63] gettext tests: add GETTEXT_POISON=YesPlease Makefile parameter Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 27/63] gettext tests: skip lib-gettext.sh tests under GETTEXT_POISON Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 28/63] gettext tests: skip breaking " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 51/63] gettextize: git-merge basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-04 22:10 ` [PATCH 63/63] po/en_GB.po: add British English Translation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 00/15] [REDO CONTINUE] Add gettext support to Git Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 01/15] gettextize: git-archive basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 02/15] gettextize: git-bundle " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 03/15] gettextize: git-clean " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 04/15] gettextize: git-clean clean.requireForce messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 05/15] gettextize: git-describe basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 06/15] gettextize: git-gc " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 07/15] gettextize: git-gc "Auto packing the repository" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 08/15] gettextize: git-notes basic commands Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 09/15] gettextize: git-notes GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE error message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 10/15] gettextize: git-notes "Refusing to %s notes in %s" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 11/15] gettextize: git-revert basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 12/15] gettextize: git-revert mark the "me" variable for translation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 18:45   ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-09-06 20:06     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 20:08       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 13/15] gettextize: git-revert messages using the "me" variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 18:50   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-06 20:12     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-07  5:39       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-07  8:51         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-10  0:26           ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 14/15] gettextize: git-revert split up "could not revert/apply" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 18:55   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-06 20:25     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-07  5:34       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-09-07  8:47         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 12:21 ` [PATCH 15/15] gettextize: git-shortlog basic messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-09-06 18:41   ` Jonathan Nieder

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