Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -2008,10 +2008,11 @@ cscope: > $(RM) cscope* > $(FIND) . -name '*.[hcS]' -print | xargs cscope -b > > +XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --add-comments > pot: > - $(XGETTEXT) --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --output=po/git.pot --language=C $(C_OBJ:o=c) t/t0200/test.c > - $(XGETTEXT) --add-comments --join-existing --output=po/git.pot --language=Shell $(SCRIPT_SH) t/t0200/test.sh > - $(XGETTEXT) --add-comments --join-existing --keyword=__ --output=po/git.pot --language=Perl $(SCRIPT_PERL) t/t0200/test.perl > + $(XGETTEXT) $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --output=po/git.pot --language=C $(C_OBJ:o=c) t/t0200/test.c > + $(XGETTEXT) $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) --join-existing --output=po/git.pot --language=Shell $(SCRIPT_SH) t/t0200/test.sh > + $(XGETTEXT) $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) --join-existing --keyword=__ --output=po/git.pot --language=Perl $(SCRIPT_PERL) t/t0200/test.perl The long lines are a bit scary. :) Maybe more of it could be pulled out into variables. As a side-effect, users could override some settings from the command line. Maybe something like this? LOCALIZED_C = $(C_OBJ:o=c) t/t0200/test.c LOCALIZED_SH = $(SCRIPT_SH) t/t0200/test.sh LOCALIZED_PERL = $(SCRIPT_PERL) t/t0200/test.perl XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --add-comments XGETTEXT_OPTIONS_C = $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) -k_ -kN_ -LC XGETTEXT_OPTIONS_SH = $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) -LShell XGETTEXT_OPTIONS_PERL = $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) -k__ -LPerl po/git.pot: rm -f $@+ $(XGETTEXT) -o$@+ $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS_C) $(LOCALIZED_C) $(XGETTEXT) -j -o$@+ $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS_SH) $(LOCALIZED_SH) $(XGETTEXT) -j -o$@+ $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS_PERL) $(LOCALIZED_PERL) mv $@+ $@ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html