Re: [PATCH 5/5] merge-recursive: simplify handle_change_delete

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: May 19, 2018, 15:39 UTC
Message-ID: <CABPp-BFjF7ZAjqi79aRbT+0M+stPnrcEXwYoV75qCHTb2oLiXg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3b05f4b1-e236-989d-afe0-e85b28c2e278@kdbg.org>

On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 12:32 AM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:

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> Am 19.05.2018 um 04:07 schrieb Elijah Newren:
>>
>> There is really no need for four branches of nearly identical messages
>> when we can store the differences into small variables before printing.
>
> Oh, there is a reason for the repeated message text: translations! Please do
> not play sentence Lego with translated strings. The original code is
> preferable.

Ah, translations; that makes sense now. I'm still annoyed by the code, but I retract patch 5 then.

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