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Re: update-po

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jul 23, 2007, 03:48 UTC
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<20070723034830.GA32566@spearce.org>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> しらいしななこ  <nanako3@bluebottle.com> writes:
> 
> > Quoting Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >
> >> msgid "Add Existing"
> >> msgstr ""
> >>
> >
> > I had problem when translating this word "Existing" in my old translation.
> > I did not understand what that expression meaned.  My old translation for
> > "Add Existing To Commit" said, because I did not understand what it meant,
> > "Add Some Existing THING To Commit", and it felt very wrong, but I could
> > not come up with anything better.
> 
> I did not quite understand the "Existing" either (I do not
> use git-gui myself---I just launch it from time to time to make
> sure it does not barf on simple operations as part of the last
> minite tests before pushing changes to git.git out), and had a
> discussion on #git channel with a few people.
> 
> My reading of git-gui code suggests that "Add Existing To
> Commit" is used in an item in "Commit" menu, while "Add
> Existing" is a label on the button, and they do exactly the same
> operation.  It updates the index with the current contents of
> the tracked files.  That is, deleted files are discarded from
> the index, and modified files are updated.  IOW, "git add -u".
Yes, that's exactly correct.
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> "Existing" is probably a misnomer even in the original English
> UI --- it is more about "Tracked".  I think your confusion about
> "Add unexisting" is justified, because "Add Existing" operation
> is not about "existing" but "all tracked files without having me
> pick and select all of them", and the other variant, "Add To
> Commit", lets you add selected files, be they "tracked" or
> "untracked".

I agree. I'm going to change the base English version to say "Tracked" here instead of "Existing". Its the correct term, at least with regards to Git.

Thanks for the sanity check.
-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Johannes SchindelinJul 22, 2007
  2. しらいしななこJul 22, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceJul 23, 2007
  5. しらいしななこJul 23, 2007

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