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Re: [PATCH] fetch-pack: add TRANSLATORS notice for packfile ready messages

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Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 15, 2021, 05:41 UTC
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On 14/11/21 16.50, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> If something isn't meant to be translated do this instead:
> 
>      die(_("expected no other sections to be sent after no '%s"), "ready");
> 
> I.e. pass it as a parameter.
> 
> There can then be a "TRANSLATORS" comment that explains that it's the
> string "ready", in reference to that protocol keyword. We do it that way
> in various other places, and it completely avoids the potential problem
> of a should not be translated string being translated.
> 
Something like:
/* TRANSLATORS: The 'ready' string is the protocol keyword. Leave it
    as is. */ ?
But I have admitted that I lean to your suggestion.
-- 
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  1. fetch-pack: add TRANSLATORS notice for packfile ready messagesBagas Sanjaya, Nov 14, 2021
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 14, 2021
  3. Bagas SanjayaNov 15, 2021
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