Re: [PATCH] status: display the SHA1 of the commit being currently processed

> Am 6/20/2013 9:56, schrieb Peter Krefting:
>> Junio C Hamano:
>> 
>>> But my understanding is that the reordering using printf() is the
>>> mechanism we suggest l10n folks to use when the order of parameters
>>> given to printf does not match the preferred word order in the message
>>> in their language.
>> 
>> It's documented in the gettext manual, and seems to be used in the
>> zh_CN.po to change the word order in quite a few places.
>
> It is fine to use %n$ in translated strings as long as gettext is enabled
> only on systems that have a sufficiently capable printf and these formats
> are not used in the source code.
>
> But you can't have this string:
>
>   "Splitting a commit while rebasing branch '%2$s' on '%3$s'."
>
> neither in the template nor in the translation, because the numbers must
> begin at 1 (and must be used without gaps).