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Re: How to run git-gui always in English?

From
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Oct 23, 2007, 20:00 UTC
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On Oct 21, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
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> How can I switch msysgit's git-gui to English, independently of
> the language selected for Windows? I recognized that git-gui
> adjusts to the 'language selection' of Windows. How can I
> disable this? I want git-gui to always display English. Nothing
> else, never! I can't help people who use a different language
> in the gui, because I'll not understand what they are talking
> about and they'll not understand me.

And it's even worse. An error in the localization can completely break git-gui. Apparently the German localization included in msysgit's Git-1.5.3-preview20071019.exe _is_ broken (see attached png).

Shouldn't the localization code be a bit more fault tolerant?
	Steffen
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