On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 4:05 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > From: Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > We will feed xgettext with more C souce files and in different order in > > "source" > > > subsequent commit. To generate a stable "po/git.pot" regardless of the > > number and order of input source files, we add a new option > > "--sort-by-file" to xgettext program. > > Probably: ... we pass the option "--sort-by-file" > > > With this update, the newly generated "po/git.pot" will has the same > > "will have" > > > entries while in a different order. > > > > With the help of a custom diff driver as shown below, > > > > git config --global diff.gettext-fmt.textconv \ > > "msgcat --no-location --sort-by-file" > > > > and appending a new entry "*.po diff=gettext-fmt" to git attributes, > > we can see that there are no substantial changes in "po/git.pot". > > > > We won't checkin the newly generated "po/git.pot", because we will > > remove it from tree in a later commit. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > > This has no input from me (yet), so technically it is a bit > premature to add my sign-off here. It wouldn't make a difference to > the end result, though ;-) I started reroll v3 on your branch, forgot to remove your signature.