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Re: [PATCH] Correct singular form in diff summary line for human interaction

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TDThomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>
Date
Feb 1, 2012, 01:56 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 08:32:43AM +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> If there is an environment variable to say "I don't want to see
> >> variations on strings intended for humans", can it be spelled as
> >> LC_ALL=C?
> >
> >  ...
... diffstat (google helped find context)
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> > If we were to touch this, I would prefer to do so unconditionally without
> > "hrm, can we reliably guess this is meant for humans?" and release it
> > unceremoniously, perhaps as part of the next release that will have a much
> > bigger user-visible UI correction to 'merge'.
> 
> Unconditionally change is fine to me. There's another implication
> that's not mentioned in the commit message, this change also allows
> non-English translations. Any objections on i18n or we just keep this
> line English only? Personally if scripts do not matter any more, I see
> no reasons this line cannot be translated.
I seem to recall that gettext does support plurals...

However, going that route means that even innocuous things like the parentheses "(+)" can be mangled by translators (guaranteed to break scripts ;-)

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Message 6 of 32 in “Correct singular form in diff summary line for human interaction”
  1. Correct singular form in diff summary line for human interactionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 31, 2012
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 31, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2012
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 1, 2012
  5. Thomas DickeyFeb 1, 2012
  6. Thomas DickeyFeb 1, 2012
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 1, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2012
  9. Thomas DickeyFeb 1, 2012
  10. Use correct grammar in diffstat summary lineNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 1, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2012
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 2, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 3, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  16. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  17. Jonathan NiederFeb 1, 2012
  18. i18n: do not define gettext/ngettext in NO_GETTEXT caseJonathan Nieder, Feb 2, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederFeb 2, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederFeb 2, 2012
  21. 0/7 tests: diffstat summary line varies by locale (Re: [PATCH v2] Use correct grammar in diffstat summary line)Jonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  22. 1/7 test: use test_i18ncmp when checking --stat outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  25. Jonathan NiederMar 13, 2012
  26. Jonathan NiederMar 13, 2012
  27. 2/7 test: use numstat instead of diffstat in funny-names testJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  28. 3/7 test: modernize funny-names test styleJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  29. 4/7 test: test cherry-pick functionality and output separatelyJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  30. 5/7 test: use --numstat instead of --stat in "git stash show" testsJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  31. 6/7 test: use numstat instead of diffstat in binary-diff testJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012
  32. 7/7 diffstat summary line varies by locale: miscellanyJonathan Nieder, Mar 13, 2012

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