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Re: Has anyone looked at Gettext support for Git itself?

From
TSThomas Singer <thomas.singer@syntevo.com>
Date
May 16, 2010, 16:53 UTC
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> Have there
> been any discussions of adding internationalization support to Git
> itself? I.e. the interface messages that the core Git utilities emit.
>From me perspective of a developer who is invoking the Git executable from

our application: ensure that there is a way to tell Git to output text in a fixed language, so other applications (e.g. ours) can parse the output.(1)

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Best regards,
Thomas Singer
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(1) Yes, I know that this is not 100% safe, because messages can be
different in different Git version.
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  4. Dmitry PotapovMay 16, 2010
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  10. Thomas RastMay 17, 2010
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  12. Will PalmerMay 17, 2010
  13. Michael J GruberMay 18, 2010
  14. Thomas SingerMay 18, 2010
  15. Will PalmerMay 18, 2010
  16. Jan HudecMay 22, 2010
  17. demerphqMay 19, 2010
  18. Thomas SingerMay 16, 2010
  19. Marc WeberMay 17, 2010
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