Re: French translation: incorrect translation for error message in “git push <remote>”

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Oct 19, 2020, 17:41 UTC
Message-ID: <20201019174127.GA42778@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <CAAb+AL_xObsexRXL_fZdhj2FNQsOLzEz3_mZqd1Yz7F0=-havA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sami,

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 05:59:54PM +0200, Sami Boukortt wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I just noticed a misleading translation. When running `git push foo`,
> one can get an error message that looks like this:
>
> > fatal: You are pushing to remote 'foo', which is not the upstream of
> > your current branch 'the-branch', without telling me what to push
> > to update which remote branch.
>
> In French, that message is:
>
> > fatal: Vous êtes en train de pousser vers la branche distante 'foo', qui n'est
> > pas une branche amont de votre branche courante 'the-branch', sans me dire
> > quoi pousser pour mettre à jour quelle branche amont.
>
> which incorrectly refers to foo as a remote *branch*, as opposed to
> just a remote.

Thanks for pointing it out. My French skills are poor (and getting worse each day), but this seems reasonable to my limited knowledge.

> In the error message for `git remote rename a b`, remotes are called «
> serveur remote » (« fatal: Pas de serveur remote : 'a' »), so this
> could be what to change the message to. « qui n'est pas une branche
> amont » would also have to be changed.

If you are up for it, you can send a patch changing the po/fr.po file. See for more on how to do that the Documentation/SubmittingPatches, and po/README. Here [1] is an example patch that recently modified the French translation.

Thanks, Taylor

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200827223527.36788-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net/