On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:15, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Ãvar ArnfjÃrà Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>>   Âfp = fopen(git_link, "w"); >>>   Âif (!fp) >>> -      Âdie("Could not create git link %s", git_link); >>> -  Âfprintf(fp, "gitdir: %s\n", git_dir); >>> +      Âdie(_("Could not create git link %s"), git_link); >>> +  Âfprintf(fp, _("gitdir: %s\n"), git_dir); >>>   Âfclose(fp); >>> ... >> I don't think this is correct. ÂThe file "git_link" refers to .git that is >> not a directory but is a regular file whose contents is "gitdir: $path" >> and that should _never_ be localized, so the patch to die() message is Ok, >> but the string given to fprintf(fp, ...) is _not_. > > See read_gitfile_gently() in setup.c; that is the reader of the > information contained in this file. Ah, thanks. Missed that. I'd have spotted it if I dug down instead of sending. I'll re-send one without the translation for this plumbing message. -- 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