Re: [PATCH v2] i18n: format_tracking_info "Your branch is behind" message

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> writes:

> Function format_tracking_info in remote.c is called by
> wt_status_print_tracking in wt-status.c, which will print
> branch tracking message in git-status. git-checkout also
> show these messages through it's report_tracking function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>
> ---
>  remote.c |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
> index 73a38..45ac1 100644
> --- a/remote.c
> +++ b/remote.c
> @@ -1572,19 +1572,45 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb)
>  	base = branch->merge[0]->dst;
>  	base = shorten_unambiguous_ref(base, 0);
>  	if (!num_theirs)
> -		strbuf_addf(sb, "Your branch is ahead of '%s' "
> -			    "by %d commit%s.\n",
> -			    base, num_ours, (num_ours == 1) ? "" : "s");
> +		strbuf_addf(sb,
> +			Q_(
> +			/* The singular version */
> +			"Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commit.\n",
> +			/* The plural version */
> +			"Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commits.\n",
> +			/* Give ngettext() the count */
> +			num_ours),
> +			base,
> +			num_ours);

It may be just me, but I think

		strbuf_addf(sb,
			Q_("Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commit.\n",
			   "Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commits.\n",
			   num_ours),
                        base, num_ours);

would be far easier to read than these repetitive comments.

It allows you to see it more clearly that the two strings and one variable
are given to Q_(), and the last two, base and num_ours, are the values to
be formatted by whatever the format string Q_() would choose.

When the strings are longer, an extra indent would probably help, e.g.

		strbuf_addf(sb,
			Q_("Your branch is behind '%s' by %d commit, "
				"and can be fast-forwarded.\n",
			   "Your branch is behind '%s' by %d commits, "
				"and can be fast-forwarded.\n",
			   num_theirs),
			base, num_theirs);