Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> It would be nicer for translators to have two messages.
> In the end it's just a separation for singular and plural as it's
> done in diff.c (e.g. Q_(" %d file changed", " %d files changed", files)).
OK, so there was no hidden message behind "At least for better
translation". Will apply this so 1.7.12 can have it.
Thanks.
>
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> The function "merge_recursive" prints the count of common
>>> ancestors as "found %u common ancestor(s):". At least for
>>> better translation, we should use a singular and a plural
>>> form of this message.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> In your "At least" above, I am getting an impression that either (1)
>> you think the updated two-message solution is still not ideal for
>> some reason, or (2) you think the change not only helps translation,
>> it also helps something else. But I cannot quite guess which. If
>> it is (1) I am not sure what you are not exactly happy about, if it
>> is (2) I am not sure what other problem the change helps.
>>
>> I am a bit puzzled by the log message, but the change makes sense to
>> me otherwise.
>>
>>> merge-recursive.c | 5 ++++-
>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
>>> index 8903a73..39b2e16 100644
>>> --- a/merge-recursive.c
>>> +++ b/merge-recursive.c
>>> @@ -1915,7 +1915,10 @@ int merge_recursive(struct merge_options *o,
>>> }
>>>
>>> if (show(o, 5)) {
>>> - output(o, 5, _("found %u common ancestor(s):"), commit_list_count(ca));
>>> + unsigned cnt = commit_list_count(ca);
>>> +
>>> + output(o, 5, Q_("found %u common ancestor:",
>>> + "found %u common ancestors:", cnt), cnt);
>>> for (iter = ca; iter; iter = iter->next)
>>> output_commit_title(o, iter->item);
>>> }
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