From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>,
jn.avila@free.fr, peff@peff.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: diff-options.adoc: make *.noprefix split translatable
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:53:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqldga2mw7.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <V2_better_for_translators.43b@msgid.xyz> (kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com's message of "Sun, 1 Mar 2026 20:21:14 +0100")
kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:
> From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
>
> We cannot split single words like what we did in the previous
> commit. That is because the doc translations are processed in
> bigger chunks.
>
> Instead write the two paragraphs with the only variations being this
> configuration variable.
>
> Reported-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
> ---
>
> Notes (series):
> Notes to the maintainer: based on topic kh/format-patch-noprefix-is-boolean
> to fix the issue reported in <ff86f877-4b75-403d-a5a4-10ab528a9691@free.fr>
>
> v2:
> • fix `endif`
> • Don’t use `TRANSLATORS` callout
Thanks. Looking good. Will queue on top.
> Documentation/diff-options.adoc | 12 +++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.adoc b/Documentation/diff-options.adoc
> index 8f632d5fe1a..fcfcdf0286e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/diff-options.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.adoc
> @@ -859,12 +859,18 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
> Do not show any source or destination prefix.
>
> `--default-prefix`::
> +ifdef::git-format-patch[]
> Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
> - This overrides configuration variables such as
> -ifndef::git-format-patch[`diff.noprefix`,]
> -ifdef::git-format-patch[`format.noprefix`,]
> + This overrides configuration variables such as `format.noprefix`,
> `diff.srcPrefix`, `diff.dstPrefix`, and `diff.mnemonicPrefix`
> (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
> +endif::git-format-patch[]
> +ifndef::git-format-patch[]
> + Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
> + This overrides configuration variables such as `diff.noprefix`,
> + `diff.srcPrefix`, `diff.dstPrefix`, and `diff.mnemonicPrefix`
> + (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
> +endif::git-format-patch[]
>
> `--line-prefix=<prefix>`::
> Prepend an additional _<prefix>_ to every line of output.
>
> Interdiff against v1:
> diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.adoc b/Documentation/diff-options.adoc
> index e4d02cc93a9..fcfcdf0286e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/diff-options.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.adoc
> @@ -859,7 +859,6 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
> Do not show any source or destination prefix.
>
> `--default-prefix`::
> -// TRANSLATORS: format.noprefix / diff.noprefix
> ifdef::git-format-patch[]
> Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
> This overrides configuration variables such as `format.noprefix`,
> @@ -871,7 +870,7 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
> This overrides configuration variables such as `diff.noprefix`,
> `diff.srcPrefix`, `diff.dstPrefix`, and `diff.mnemonicPrefix`
> (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
> -ifndef::git-format-patch[]
> +endif::git-format-patch[]
>
> `--line-prefix=<prefix>`::
> Prepend an additional _<prefix>_ to every line of output.
>
> Range-diff against v1:
> 1: 55e56c90959 ! 1: 07acc52c3bc doc: diff-options.adoc: make *.noprefix split translatable
> @@ Commit message
> Instead write the two paragraphs with the only variations being this
> configuration variable.
>
> - It’s not easy to spot the difference here. So let’s leave a comment
> - for translators.
> -
> Reported-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
>
> +
> + ## Notes (series) ##
> + Notes to the maintainer: based on topic kh/format-patch-noprefix-is-boolean
> + to fix the issue reported in <ff86f877-4b75-403d-a5a4-10ab528a9691@free.fr>
> +
> + v2:
> + • fix `endif`
> + • Don’t use `TRANSLATORS` callout
> +
> ## Documentation/diff-options.adoc ##
> @@ Documentation/diff-options.adoc: endif::git-format-patch[]
> Do not show any source or destination prefix.
>
> `--default-prefix`::
> -+// TRANSLATORS: format.noprefix / diff.noprefix
> +ifdef::git-format-patch[]
> Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
> - This overrides configuration variables such as
> @@ Documentation/diff-options.adoc: endif::git-format-patch[]
> + This overrides configuration variables such as `diff.noprefix`,
> + `diff.srcPrefix`, `diff.dstPrefix`, and `diff.mnemonicPrefix`
> + (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
> -+ifndef::git-format-patch[]
> ++endif::git-format-patch[]
>
> `--line-prefix=<prefix>`::
> Prepend an additional _<prefix>_ to every line of output.
>
> base-commit: b9b583bd007ca814ebd362bdd6441aac02e9414b
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-02 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 20:26 [PATCH 0/2] format-patch: make boolean and mention in diff-options.adoc kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-18 20:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: make format.noprefix a boolean kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-19 18:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 23:25 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-20 12:28 ` Jeff King
2026-02-18 20:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: diff-options.adoc: show format.noprefix for format-patch kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-19 18:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 23:30 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] format-patch: make boolean and mention in diff-options.adoc kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-23 23:30 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] format-patch: make format.noprefix a boolean kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-23 23:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: diff-options.adoc: show format.noprefix for format-patch kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-27 9:57 ` Jean-Noël Avila
2026-02-27 16:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-28 12:20 ` kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-28 14:08 ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-03-01 19:21 ` [PATCH v2] doc: diff-options.adoc: make *.noprefix split translatable kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-02 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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