Re: [PATCH] help: report on whether or not gettext is enabled

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 20, 2026, 00:15 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsec13zsd.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aW3XUxaomqGbtpEj@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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>> Combined with the vintage of Git binary that had these help text,
>> the fact that an "enabled" line is missing is enough clue to
>> diagnose.
>> ...
>
> One reason why I personally prefer to have enabled/disabled is that it
> allows you to discern the following two cases:
>
>   - You have a modern version of Git that doesn't have gettext.
>
>   - You have an old version of Git that doesn't know to print
>     information about whether or not gettext is enabled.

When you see no "gettext:" line in the report, you can tell between the above two cases by looking at what the first entry in the same report "git version --build-options" produced, which is the Git version, can't you?