# [PATCH] checkout: Say “it” instead of “them” for one commit

3 messages from 2015-04-01 to 2015-04-02. Participants: Thomas Schneider, Jonathan Nieder.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/38972

## Thomas Schneider, 2015-04-01 17:38

Subject: [PATCH] checkout: Say “it” instead of “them” for one commit
Message-ID: <1427909880-9846-1-git-send-email-thosch97@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1427909880-9846-1-git-send-email-thosch97%40gmail.com

```
When detached and checking out a branch again, git checkout warns about
commit(s) that might get lost.  It used to say “If you want to keep them
[…]” even for only one commit.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Schneider <thosch97@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/checkout.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 3e141fc..4aad49a 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -743,10 +743,17 @@ static void suggest_reattach(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
 
 	if (advice_detached_head)
 		fprintf(stderr,
-			_(
+			Q_(
+			/* The singular version */
+			"If you want to keep it by creating a new branch, "
+			"this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
+			" git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n",
+			/* The plural version */
 			"If you want to keep them by creating a new branch, "
 			"this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
-			" git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n"),
+			" git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n",
+			/* Give ngettext() the count */
+			lost),
 			find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 }
 
-- 
2.1.0

```

## Jonathan Nieder, 2015-04-01 19:43

Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout: Say “it” instead of “them” for one commit
Message-ID: <20150401194310.GH22844@google.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150401194310.GH22844%40google.com
In-Reply-To: <1427909880-9846-1-git-send-email-thosch97@gmail.com>

```
Hi,

Thomas Schneider wrote:

> When detached and checking out a branch again, git checkout warns about
> commit(s) that might get lost.  It used to say “If you want to keep them
> […]” even for only one commit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Schneider <thosch97@gmail.com>

Makes sense.

[...]
> --- a/builtin/checkout.c
> +++ b/builtin/checkout.c
> @@ -743,10 +743,17 @@ static void suggest_reattach(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
>  
>  	if (advice_detached_head)
>  		fprintf(stderr,
> -			_(
> +			Q_(
> +			/* The singular version */
> +			"If you want to keep it by creating a new branch, "
> +			"this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
> +			" git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n",
> +			/* The plural version */
>  			"If you want to keep them by creating a new branch, "
>  			"this may be a good time\nto do so with:\n\n"
> -			" git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n"),
> +			" git branch <new-branch-name> %s\n\n",
> +			/* Give ngettext() the count */
> +			lost),
>  			find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));

The comments for /* singular */, /* plural */, and /* count */ seem
redundant and distracting to me, but since we have the same comments a
few lines before, keeping it consistent is the right thing to do.

For what it's worth,
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

```

## Thomas Schneider, 2015-04-02 23:14

Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout: Say “it” instead of “them” for one commit
Message-ID: <CAJUTLVXFRRYmDdM5eHj9h0+0E6gjamtwP_SZjSmXpEkyrTH8Cw@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAJUTLVXFRRYmDdM5eHj9h0%2B0E6gjamtwP_SZjSmXpEkyrTH8Cw%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20150401194310.GH22844@google.com>

```
Junio –

I see you changed my commit message a bit, but some mistakes seem to
have slipped in:
> checkout: call a single commit “it” instead of “th
“them” was cut off, including the trailing quotation mark.
[…]
> them ..."” even for only one commit.
Two quotation marks?

I always use the “right” quotation marks instead of " or ' and “…”
instead of “...”, should I have used the latter ones?

Thanks,
Thomas

```