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[PATCH 4/4 v2] sequencer: spell out command names and do not translate them

From
Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
Date
Aug 19, 2022, 07:50 UTC
Message-ID
<ef8b4536322eebd2bed53157f43349e9158631ae.1660894946.git.git@grubix.eu>
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<xmqqilmpnvad.fsf@gitster.g>

When we talk about sequencer action names as such we do translate the action name. In all cases, we talk about the like-named git command name, though, which is not translated.

In order to make the correspondence clearer, reword those error messages to use the (untranslated) git command name, and adjust the po README to match the code base.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
---
I guess there are two extreme views regarding these cases (in terms of
how much to translate) and a few in between. v2 here implements the
one of these. As a result, we don't need to N_()-mark the action names
any more unless I'm overlooking something. I'm holding this back until
the consensus is clear.

Overall, we are not consistent with the prefixes in our error messages (command or not) nor the capitalisation. One could say that at the point of an error/die worse has gone wrong than the wording, of course ;)

 po/README.md | 2 +-
 sequencer.c  | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/po/README.md b/po/README.md
index 3e4f897d93..7b7ad24412 100644
--- a/po/README.md
+++ b/po/README.md
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ General advice:
 
   ```c
   /* TRANSLATORS: %s will be "revert" or "cherry-pick" */
-  die(_("%s: Unable to write new index file"), action_name(opts));
+  die(_("git %s: unable to write new index file"), action_name(opts));
   ```
 
 We provide wrappers for C, Shell and Perl programs. Here's how they're
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 79dad522f5..c26dc46268 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ static int error_dirty_index(struct repository *repo, struct replay_opts *opts)
 	if (repo_read_index_unmerged(repo))
 		return error_resolve_conflict(action_name(opts));
 
-	error(_("your local changes would be overwritten by %s."),
-		_(action_name(opts)));
+	error(_("git %s: your local changes would be overwritten"),
+		action_name(opts)));
 
 	if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_COMMIT_BEFORE_MERGE))
 		advise(_("commit your changes or stash them to proceed."));
@@ -725,8 +725,8 @@ static int do_recursive_merge(struct repository *r,
 		 * TRANSLATORS: %s will be "revert", "cherry-pick" or
 		 * "rebase".
 		 */
-		return error(_("%s: Unable to write new index file"),
-			_(action_name(opts)));
+		return error(_("git %s: unable to write new index file"),
+			action_name(opts));
 
 	if (!clean)
 		append_conflicts_hint(r->index, msgbuf,
-- 
2.37.2.653.g5b2587383a
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  1. sequencer: do not translate reflog messagesMichael J Gruber, Aug 12, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2022
  3. Phillip WoodAug 12, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2022
  5. Johannes SchindelinAug 15, 2022
  6. Phillip WoodAug 16, 2022
  7. Johannes SchindelinAug 16, 2022
  8. 0/4 sequencer: clarify translationsMichael J Gruber, Aug 18, 2022
  9. 3/4 sequencer: do not translate command namesMichael J Gruber, Aug 18, 2022
  10. 1/4 sequencer: do not translate reflog messagesMichael J Gruber, Aug 18, 2022
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2022
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2022
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 19, 2022
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2022
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 19, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2022
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 19, 2022
  18. Jeff KingAug 20, 2022
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2022
  20. 2/4 sequencer: do not translate parameters to error_resolve_conflict()Michael J Gruber, Aug 18, 2022
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2022
  22. Michael J GruberAug 18, 2022
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2022
  24. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2022
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2022
  26. Johannes SchindelinAug 22, 2022
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2022
  28. 4/4 po: adjust README to codeMichael J Gruber, Aug 18, 2022
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2022
  30. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2022
  31. 4/4 sequencer: spell out command names and do not translate themMichael J Gruber, Aug 19, 2022
  32. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2022
  33. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2022
  34. Michael J GruberAug 19, 2022

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