From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:46:33 GMT
Subject: Re: Getting started contributing.
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In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AYOAwLKufQ34brk1agyFAX9xjgAE9_LAcRx=RGxcEZzg@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On the other hand, there probably still are many loose ends.
>
> A few other things
>
>  - Mark more strings for translation (not as easy as it sounds, some
> strings can't be translated)

True, but not a good advice for somebody new, exactly for the reason
you stated, i.e. some strings must not be translated.

>  - Color more in the output where it makes sense

Eeek.

>  - Stop/Warn the user from updating HEAD (e.g. checkout another
> branch) while in the middle of a rebase (some makes sense, most is by
> mistake)

Perhaps, but again probably not for somebody new who hasn't mastered
various workflows and understood why it may make sense to allow it.