It doesn't use English when other language is available as a secondary language. Reproducing: 1. Open "Language & Region" in macos settings 2. In "Preferred languages" box, set English as a primary language. 3. Add another language, that git is translated to, as a secondary language, for example, French or German. 4. Run any git command - git will use the secondary language, instead of English. When the secondary language is removed, then git starts using English again. I have git 2.19.0, installed from brew, and my OS is macOS 10.13.6 .
