From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:50:11 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] i18n: apply: mark strings for translation Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1335184230-8870-8-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy writes: > @@ -886,17 +886,17 @@ static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const char *line, int isnull, char *orig_name, > ... > if (!another || memcmp(another, name, len + 1)) > - die("git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent %s filename on line %d", oldnew, linenr); > + die(_("git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent %s filename on line %d"), oldnew, linenr); > free(another); > return orig_name; > } In this function, the parameter oldnew has "old" or "new" and the callers (gitdiff_oldname() and gitdiff_newname()) do not have it marked for translation. Even if they did, it would result in a lego composition, so you may have to switch between two translatable messages here.