Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Supposed that I would like to display `git help` in French > (`fr_FR.UTF-8`) language. I ran `LANGUAGE="fr_FR.UTF-8" git help`, and > indeed the help is displayed in French. But when I instead ran > `LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8" git help`, the help is in English instead of > French. > > It seems like Git use LANGUAGE to display localized messages instead > of LANG (like many other tools do). Why? That's not Git but your system, most likely GNU gettext, is doing. Learn to use your search engine before asking questions here. https://bfy.tw/Rg6H which will eventually take you to https://superuser.com/a/392466