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@@ -1,33 +1,79 @@ Core GIT Translations ===================== -This directory holds the translations for the core of Git. This -document describes how to add to and maintain these translations, and -how to mark source strings for translation. - +This directory holds the translations for the core of Git. This document +describes how you can contribute to the effort of enhancing the language +coverage and maintaining the translation. + +The localization (l10n) coordinator, Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>, +coordinates our localization effort in the l10 coordinator repository: + + https://github.com/git-l10n/git-po/ + +As a contributor for a language XX, you should first check TEAMS file in +this directory to see whether a dedicated repository for your language XX +exists. Fork the dedicated repository and start to work if it exists. + +If you are the first contributor for the language XX, please fork this +repository, prepare and/or update the translated message file po/XX.po +(described later), and ask the l10n coordinator to pull your work. + +If there are multiple contributors for the same language, please first +coordinate among yourselves and nominate the team leader for your +language, so that the l10n coordinator only needs to interact with one +person per language. + +The overall data-flow looks like this: + + +-------------------+ +------------------+ + | Git source code | ---(1)---> | L10n coordinator | + | repository | <---(4)--- | repository | + +-------------------+ +------------------+ + | ^ + (2) (3) + V | + +------------------+ + | Language Team XX | + +------------------+ + + * Translatable strings are marked in the source file. + * L10n coordinator pulls from the source (1) + * L10n coordinator updates the message template po/git.pot + * Language team pulls from L10n coordinator (2) + * Language team updates the message file po/XX.po + * L10n coordinator pulls from Language team (3) + * L10n coordinator asks the result to be pulled (4). + + +Maintaining the po/git.pot file +------------------------------- -Generating a .pot file ----------------------- +(This is done by the l10n coordinator). The po/git.pot file contains a message catalog extracted from Git's -sources. You need to generate it to add new translations with -msginit(1), or update existing ones with msgmerge(1). +sources. The l10n coordinator maintains it by adding new translations with +msginit(1), or update existing ones with msgmerge(1). In order to update +the Git sources to extract the messages from, the l10n coordinator is +expected to pull from the main git repository at strategic point in +history (e.g. when a major release and release candidates are tagged), +and then run "make pot" at the top-level directory. -Since the file can be automatically generated it's not checked into -git.git. To generate it do, at the top-level: +Language contributors use this file to prepare translations for their +language, but they are not expected to modify it. - make pot +Initializing a XX.po file +------------------------- -Initializing a .po file ------------------------ +(This is done by the language teams). -To add a new translation first generate git.pot (see above) and then -in the po/ directory do: +If your language XX does not have translated message file po/XX.po yet, +you add a translation for the first time by running: msginit --locale=XX -Where XX is your locale, e.g. "is", "de" or "pt_BR". +in the po/ directory, where XX is the locale, e.g. "de", "is", "pt_BR", +"zh_CN", etc. Then edit the automatically generated copyright info in your new XX.po to be correct, e.g. for Icelandic: @@ -46,21 +92,36 @@ just "Git": perl -pi -e 's/(?<="Project-Id-Version: )PACKAGE VERSION/Git/' XX.po +Once you are done testing the translation (see below), commit the result +and ask the l10n coordinator to pull from you. + + +Updating a XX.po file +--------------------- -Updating a .po file -------------------- +(This is done by the language teams). -If there's an existing *.po file for your language but you need to -update the translation you first need to generate git.pot (see above) -and then in the po/ directory do: +If you are replacing translation strings in an existing XX.po file to +improve the translation, just edit the file. + +If there's an existing XX.po file for your language, but the repository +of the l10n coordinator has newer po/git.pot file, you would need to first +pull from the l10n coordinator (see the beginning of this document for its +URL), and then update the existing translation by running: msgmerge --add-location --backup=off -U XX.po git.pot -Where XX.po is the file you want to update. +in the po/ directory, where XX.po is the file you want to update. + +Once you are done testing the translation (see below), commit the result +and ask the l10n coordinator to pull from you. + Testing your changes -------------------- +(This is done by the language teams, after creating or updating XX.po file). + Before you submit your changes go back to the top-level and do: make @@ -75,6 +136,8 @@ with a newline or not. Marking strings for translation ------------------------------- +(This is done by the core developers). + Before strings can be translated they first have to be marked for translation. @@ -115,7 +178,7 @@ used: C: - - Include builtin.h at the top, it'll pull in in gettext.h, which + - Include builtin.h at the top, it'll pull in gettext.h, which defines the gettext interface. Consult with the list if you need to use gettext.h directly. |