From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:44:30 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] commit: reorganise duplicate commit prompt strings Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Đoàn Trần Công Danh writes: > However, I think we shouldn't take this route, because splitting likes this > will make a translation lego. I can't speak for Junio, but from my > observation, it's preferred to have 3 variables for 3 full-text, and > we will pick the suitable text in each if-leg. Yes, that is what I meant in my earlier suggestion. More like char *hint_cleanup_all = _("Please enter the ... , and an empty message aborts the commit.\n"); char *hint_cleanup_space = _("Please enter the ... if you want to.\n" "An empty message aborts the commit.\n"); if (allow_empty_message) { hint_cleanup_all = _("..."); hint_cleanup_space = _("..."); } ... the if/elseif cascade in which calls to status_printf() are made ... using these variables Thanks.