Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > しらいしななこ <nanako3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Quoting Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > >> msgid "Add Existing" > >> msgstr "" > >> > > > > I had problem when translating this word "Existing" in my old translation. > > I did not understand what that expression meaned. My old translation for > > "Add Existing To Commit" said, because I did not understand what it meant, > > "Add Some Existing THING To Commit", and it felt very wrong, but I could > > not come up with anything better. > > I did not quite understand the "Existing" either (I do not > use git-gui myself---I just launch it from time to time to make > sure it does not barf on simple operations as part of the last > minite tests before pushing changes to git.git out), and had a > discussion on #git channel with a few people. > > My reading of git-gui code suggests that "Add Existing To > Commit" is used in an item in "Commit" menu, while "Add > Existing" is a label on the button, and they do exactly the same > operation. It updates the index with the current contents of > the tracked files. That is, deleted files are discarded from > the index, and modified files are updated. IOW, "git add -u". Yes, that's exactly correct. > "Existing" is probably a misnomer even in the original English > UI --- it is more about "Tracked". I think your confusion about > "Add unexisting" is justified, because "Add Existing" operation > is not about "existing" but "all tracked files without having me > pick and select all of them", and the other variant, "Add To > Commit", lets you add selected files, be they "tracked" or > "untracked". I agree. I'm going to change the base English version to say "Tracked" here instead of "Existing". Its the correct term, at least with regards to Git. Thanks for the sanity check. -- Shawn. - 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
