Document about PO helper script (po-helper.sh). It covers about installing the script and short usage examples. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> --- po/README | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/po/README b/po/README index efd5baaf1d..9beffc2954 100644 --- a/po/README +++ b/po/README @@ -286,3 +286,25 @@ Testing marked strings Git's tests are run under LANG=C LC_ALL=C. So the tests do not need be changed to account for translations as they're added. + + +PO Helper +--------- + +To make maintaining XX.po file easier, the l10n coordinator created +po-helper.sh script. It is wrapper to gettext suite, specifically +written for the purpose of Git l10n workflow. + +To install the script, checkout "po-helper" branch, then copy +utils/po-helper.sh to somewhere on $PATH, and mark it executable. + +Below are the usage examples: + + - To start new language translation: + po-helper.sh init XX.po + - To update PO file: + po-helper.sh update XX.po + - To syntax check: + po-helper.sh check XX.po + +Run po-helper.sh without arguments for usage help. -- 2.25.1
