{"thread":{"id":"26820","subject":"Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","startedAt":"2011-03-21T18:50:57Z","lastAt":"2011-03-22T19:30:55Z","messageCount":7,"participants":["Dirk Süsserott","Junio C Hamano","Lasse Makholm"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"163956","messageId":"4D879E11.6040609@dirk.my1.cc","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Dirk Süsserott","fromEmail":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","sentAt":"2011-03-21T18:50:57Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-21T18:50:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","avatar":null},"body":"Hello list,\n\nI'm from Germany, but nevertheless I prefer my Git to talk English, esp.\nGitk and Git Gui. I appreciate that people translate it into\nso many languages, but personally I'm totally helpless with a German git \ngui.\n\nI know I can set LANG=en_US (that's what I actually do), but that\naffects other applications as well. Is there some environment variable\nlike GIT_LANG or so? According to the manpages, there isn't.\n\nWhat would you think of it?\n\nDirk\n"},{"id":"163962","messageId":"7vipvcp8e3.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":"4D879E11.6040609@dirk.my1.cc","subject":"Re: Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2011-03-21T19:43:00Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-21T19:43:00Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Dirk Süsserott writes:\n\n> What would you think of it?\n\nStrongly negative. I don't want force people to set GIT_LANG HG_LANG\nCVS_LANG and 47 different FROTZ_LANG environment variables.\n\nI would rather just set LANG=C LC_ALL=C in the terminal I use git in and\nleave everything else in whatever locale the rest of the system is in.\n"},{"id":"163966","messageId":"4D87ABA5.1030609@dirk.my1.cc","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":"7vipvcp8e3.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Re: Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Dirk Süsserott","fromEmail":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","sentAt":"2011-03-21T19:48:53Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-21T19:48:53Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","avatar":null},"body":"Am 21.03.2011 20:43 schrieb Junio C Hamano:\n> Dirk Süsserott writes:\n>\n>> What would you think of it?\n>\n> Strongly negative. I don't want force people to set GIT_LANG HG_LANG\n> CVS_LANG and 47 different FROTZ_LANG environment variables.\n>\n> I would rather just set LANG=C LC_ALL=C in the terminal I use git in and\n> leave everything else in whatever locale the rest of the system is in.\n>\n\nOk. Accepted. Was just a question. I see your point.\n"},{"id":"163977","messageId":"AANLkTikXsYONY5rUSF5138bQ=R4gCopOO8fu=3np+c98@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":"4D87ABA5.1030609@dirk.my1.cc","subject":"Re: Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Lasse Makholm","fromEmail":"lasse.makholm@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-03-21T20:30:38Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-21T20:30:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"lasse.makholm@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/5bc3a34e4fa8ba26b38c333f370b15c034351e18e09b056a2608f3904ae1a4c1?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"2011/3/21 Dirk Süsserott :\n> Am 21.03.2011 20:43 schrieb Junio C Hamano:\n>>\n>> Dirk Süsserott  writes:\n>>\n>>> What would you think of it?\n>>\n>> Strongly negative.  I don't want force people to set GIT_LANG HG_LANG\n>> CVS_LANG and 47 different FROTZ_LANG environment variables.\n>>\n>> I would rather just set LANG=C LC_ALL=C in the terminal I use git in and\n>> leave everything else in whatever locale the rest of the system is in.\n>>\n>\n> Ok. Accepted. Was just a question. I see your point.\n\nAlternatively, you might like something like the following in your .bashrc:\n\nfunction git\n{\n LANG=C command git \"$@\"\n}\n\n-- \n/Lasse\n"},{"id":"163978","messageId":"4D87B6D4.3040601@dirk.my1.cc","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":"AANLkTikXsYONY5rUSF5138bQ=R4gCopOO8fu=3np+c98@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Dirk Süsserott","fromEmail":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","sentAt":"2011-03-21T20:36:36Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-21T20:36:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","avatar":null},"body":"Am 21.03.2011 21:30 schrieb Lasse Makholm:\n> 2011/3/21 Dirk Süsserott:\n>> Am 21.03.2011 20:43 schrieb Junio C Hamano:\n>>>\n>>> Dirk Süsserott writes:\n>>>\n>>>> What would you think of it?\n>>>\n>>> Strongly negative. I don't want force people to set GIT_LANG HG_LANG\n>>> CVS_LANG and 47 different FROTZ_LANG environment variables.\n>>>\n>>> I would rather just set LANG=C LC_ALL=C in the terminal I use git in and\n>>> leave everything else in whatever locale the rest of the system is in.\n>>>\n>>\n>> Ok. Accepted. Was just a question. I see your point.\n>\n> Alternatively, you might like something like the following in your .bashrc:\n>\n> function git\n> {\n> LANG=C command git \"$@\"\n> }\n>\n\nHmm. Looks interesting. I'll try it out. I'm not so shell'ish (more \nperl'ish) but I expect that to \"rename\"/\"alias\" git to the given \ncommand. If it works, it's great. Thank you.\n"},{"id":"163981","messageId":"AANLkTi=wwFw09QkrttvxvuEoHyuQ+61wa0YMysDQC05D@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":"4D87B6D4.3040601@dirk.my1.cc","subject":"Re: Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Lasse Makholm","fromEmail":"lasse.makholm@gmail.com","sentAt":"2011-03-21T20:48:55Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-21T20:48:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"lasse.makholm@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/5bc3a34e4fa8ba26b38c333f370b15c034351e18e09b056a2608f3904ae1a4c1?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"2011/3/21 Dirk Süsserott :\n> Am 21.03.2011 21:30 schrieb Lasse Makholm:\n>>\n>> 2011/3/21 Dirk Süsserott:\n>>>\n>>> Am 21.03.2011 20:43 schrieb Junio C Hamano:\n>>>>\n>>>> Dirk Süsserott    writes:\n>>>>\n>>>>> What would you think of it?\n>>>>\n>>>> Strongly negative.  I don't want force people to set GIT_LANG HG_LANG\n>>>> CVS_LANG and 47 different FROTZ_LANG environment variables.\n>>>>\n>>>> I would rather just set LANG=C LC_ALL=C in the terminal I use git in and\n>>>> leave everything else in whatever locale the rest of the system is in.\n>>>>\n>>>\n>>> Ok. Accepted. Was just a question. I see your point.\n>>\n>> Alternatively, you might like something like the following in your\n>> .bashrc:\n>>\n>> function git\n>> {\n>>     LANG=C command git \"$@\"\n>> }\n>>\n>\n> Hmm. Looks interesting. I'll try it out. I'm not so shell'ish (more\n> perl'ish) but I expect that to \"rename\"/\"alias\" git to the given command. If\n> it works, it's great. Thank you.\n\nJust make sure you include the \"command\" part or the function will\ncall itself indefinitely...\n\n-- \n/Lasse\n"},{"id":"164082","messageId":"4D88F8EF.8020609@dirk.my1.cc","threadId":"26820","inReplyTo":"AANLkTi=wwFw09QkrttvxvuEoHyuQ+61wa0YMysDQC05D@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Is there some env variable like GIT_LANG (like LANG)?","fromName":"Dirk Süsserott","fromEmail":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","sentAt":"2011-03-22T19:30:55Z","receivedAt":"2011-03-22T19:30:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","avatar":null},"body":"Am 21.03.2011 21:48 schrieb Lasse Makholm:\n>>>\n>>> Alternatively, you might like something like the following in your\n>>> .bashrc:\n>>>\n>>> function git\n>>> {\n>>> LANG=C command git \"$@\"\n>>> }\n>>>\n>\n> Just make sure you include the \"command\" part or the function will\n> call itself indefinitely...\n>\n\nThat would be like my favourite forkbomb: \":(){ :|:& };:\"\nWARNING: Don't type that in the shell! The system hangs\nimmediately, even if it looks like only smileys.\n\nThanks a lot. It does exactly what I want. And it's a good\ntrick for other applications as well.\n"}]}