# gitk translate msg files not installed correctly 2 messages from 2021-08-18 to 2021-08-18. Participants: yan ke, mha1993@live.de. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/56320 ## yan ke, 2021-08-18 14:12 Subject: gitk translate msg files not installed correctly Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAJosSJ5FZGp6PtUVgq2o7%2BvxV5jeO%3Di%2BnJiXJE5V6wRX-NVfDg%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi all, I found a problem with the gitk translation msg file in windows, the details are below: 1. The default gitk msg dir in windows is [git_install_dir]\mingw64\share\gitk\lib\msgs, but the install process does not install gitk msgs, no that dir exists 2. I use innoextract to unpack the git windows install file(Git-2.33.0-64-bit.exe ), and I find that the gitk translate msg files are not in the package ,is this correct? So I think the gitk translation in windows does not work correctly, or something i find is wrong? ``` ## mha1993@live.de, 2021-08-18 18:11 Subject: Re: gitk translate msg files not installed correctly Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AM0PR04MB6019F70DD022BE2E8FDADC4BA5FF9%40AM0PR04MB6019.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, 18 Aug 2021, yan ke wrote: > Hi all, > I found a problem with the gitk translation msg file in windows, the > details are below: > 1. The default gitk msg dir in windows is > [git_install_dir]\mingw64\share\gitk\lib\msgs, but the install process > does not install gitk msgs, no that dir exists > 2. I use innoextract to unpack the git windows install > file(Git-2.33.0-64-bit.exe ), and I find that the gitk translate msg > files are not in the package ,is this correct? > Yes, Git for Windows intentionally doesn't ship l10n files [1]. There have been a few requests for installers with l10n in 2015 [2][3][4][5][6] and 2016 [7][8], but not much ever happened there. The Git for Windows installer can be built with l10n [9], but that doesn't seem to currently include the files for gitk or git-gui. [1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/ed79a9d8206cea8055e5226af068db700e0d6fc8 [2] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/378 [3] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/386 [4] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/403 [5] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/496 [6] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/584 [7] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/648 [8] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/724 [9] https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/f54833da8b71fc6f55e120881c891cd7ae5f530d > So I think the gitk translation in windows does not work correctly, or > something i find is wrong? > ```