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Re: Enhancement Request: "locale" git option

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Dec 4, 2014, 16:53 UTC
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> The main issue at hand is really that we have localised git but not its
> man pages. Even if you understand English, the man pages don't help you
> at all if you can't connect the technical terms used there to their
> localised counterparts in git's messages. (NO_GETTEXT=y is my solution.)

So the problem is just that the localisation is incomplete. This is unfortunate, but happens with a lot of software out there, and providing a git-only solution doesn't help the case.

Andreas.
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Message 6 of 15 in “Enhancement Request: "locale" git option”
  1. Ulrich WindlDec 4, 2014
  2. Torsten BögershausenDec 4, 2014
  3. Jeff KingDec 4, 2014
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 4, 2014
  5. Michael J GruberDec 4, 2014
  6. Andreas SchwabDec 4, 2014
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 4, 2014
  8. Jeff KingDec 4, 2014
  9. Torsten BögershausenDec 5, 2014
  10. Ralf ThielowDec 6, 2014
  11. Antw: Re: Enhancement Request: "locale" git optionUlrich Windl, Dec 8, 2014
  12. David KastrupDec 8, 2014
  13. Antw: Re: Enhancement Request: "locale" git optionUlrich Windl, Dec 4, 2014
  14. Ralf ThielowDec 4, 2014
  15. Antw: Re: Enhancement Request: "locale" git optionUlrich Windl, Dec 8, 2014

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