From: Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Jiang Xin" <worldhello.net@gmail.com>,
"Alexander Shopov" <ash@kambanaria.org>,
"Mikel Forcada" <mikel.forcada@gmail.com>,
"Ralf Thielow" <ralf.thielow@gmail.com>,
"Jean-Noël Avila" <jn.avila@free.fr>,
"Bagas Sanjaya" <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
"Dimitriy Ryazantcev" <DJm00n@mail.ru>,
"Peter Krefting" <peter@softwolves.pp.se>,
"Emir SARI" <bitigchi@me.com>, "Arkadii Yakovets" <ark@cho.red>,
"Vũ Tiến Hưng" <newcomerminecraft@gmail.com>,
"Teng Long" <dyroneteng@gmail.com>,
"Yi-Jyun Pan" <pan93412@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] docs(l10n): AI agent instructions and workflow improvements
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 23:33:27 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1772551123.git.worldhello.net@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANYiYbFM9+4xGmeBRNCC6VyW9EzjEFxEWHDNnOVhJNM73Ga_FA@mail.gmail.com>
## Introduction
This series introduces AI agent instructions for Git localization (l10n) workflows
to help localization contributors quickly complete drafts and use AI to check
translation quality. The changes focus on:
1. Separating agent-specific documentation into po/AGENTS.md for targeted
optimization of AI-assisted workflows
2. Providing step-by-step instructions for update-pot, update-po, translation,
and review tasks
3. Simplifying location filtering for PO file commits via .gitattributes
AI-assisted translation is optional; many successful l10n teams work well without
it. When used, AI output serves as reference only—human contributors must review
and approve before submission.
## Performance summary
| Task | Before | After | Improvement |
|-------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------------------|
| update-pot | 17 turns, 34s | 3 turns, 8s | -82% turns, -76% time |
| update-po | 22 turns, 38s | 4 turns, 9s | -82% turns, -76% time |
| translate | 86 turns | 56 turns | -35% turns (git-po-helper flow) |
| review | N/A | 96/100 score | New workflow documented |
These improvements reduce API costs and make agent workflows more efficient while
maintaining human oversight of translation quality.
## Testing
All changes have been evaluated with the qwen model via git-po-helper agent-test
and agent-run. The po/AGENTS.md instructions are designed to work with coding
tools that support file references (e.g., "Translate po/zh_CN.po by referring to
@po/AGENTS.md").
## Changes
Jiang Xin (5):
l10n: add .gitattributes to simplify location filtering
docs(l10n): add AGENTS.md with optimized update-pot instructions
docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for updating po/XX.po files
docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for translating PO files
docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions to review translations
po/.gitattributes | 36 ++
po/AGENTS.md | 941 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
po/README.md | 70 ++--
3 files changed, 1015 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 po/.gitattributes
create mode 100644 po/AGENTS.md
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-03 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-04 9:31 [RFC] Introducing AI Agents to Git Localization Jiang Xin
2026-02-04 11:58 ` Peter Krefting
2026-02-04 13:00 ` Michal Suchánek
2026-02-04 14:38 ` 依云
2026-02-05 2:06 ` Jiang Xin
2026-02-05 8:30 ` Michal Suchánek
2026-02-05 11:16 ` Jiang Xin
2026-02-05 13:18 ` Michal Suchánek
2026-02-05 1:04 ` Jiang Xin
2026-02-05 1:53 ` brian m. carlson
[not found] ` <0207CD38-C811-499D-AFA6-131B0CA825CD@gmail.com>
2026-02-05 12:54 ` Jiang Xin
2026-02-05 13:00 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] l10n: add .gitattributes to simplify location filtering Jiang Xin
2026-02-05 20:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-05 13:00 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] l10n: README: document AI assistant guidelines Jiang Xin
2026-02-05 20:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-06 2:38 ` Jiang Xin
2026-03-03 15:33 ` Jiang Xin [this message]
2026-03-03 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] l10n: add .gitattributes to simplify location filtering Jiang Xin
2026-03-03 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] docs(l10n): add AGENTS.md with optimized update-pot instructions Jiang Xin
2026-03-12 2:11 ` Jiang Xin
2026-03-03 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for updating po/XX.po files Jiang Xin
2026-03-03 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for translating PO files Jiang Xin
2026-03-12 2:26 ` Jiang Xin
2026-03-03 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions to review translations Jiang Xin
2026-03-12 2:34 ` Jiang Xin
2026-03-14 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] docs(l10n): AI agent instructions and workflow improvements Jiang Xin
2026-03-14 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] l10n: add .gitattributes to simplify location filtering Jiang Xin
2026-03-15 11:13 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-15 16:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-16 5:44 ` Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 3:21 ` Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 12:43 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-03-14 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] docs(l10n): add AGENTS.md with optimized update-pot instructions Jiang Xin
2026-03-14 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for updating po/XX.po files Jiang Xin
2026-03-14 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for translating PO files Jiang Xin
2026-03-14 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions to review translations Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 23:54 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] docs(l10n): AI agent instructions and workflow improvements Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 23:54 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] l10n: add .gitattributes to simplify location filtering Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 23:54 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] docs(l10n): add AGENTS.md with optimized update-pot instructions Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 23:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for updating po/XX.po files Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 23:54 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions for translating PO files Jiang Xin
2026-03-16 23:54 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] docs(l10n): add AI agent instructions to review translations Jiang Xin
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