Re: Using Git and separating translations into their own l10n-LL repository

[Kenneth Nielsen <k nielsen81 gmail com>]

>> Why? If you can commit a tar-ball to Damned Lies with several files in
>> it in one go (one clicky-di-click) and then they will all be commited
>> at once, then isn't that exactly the functionality you are asking for?
>
> The functionality of being able to submit a single file through the
> web interface from Damned-lies and make it to GNOME SVN/GIT is not
> available yet.

But is planned as something that will come soon as far as I understand.

> The ability to submit several files would be an
> addition to the previous task, and is not available yet either.

Yes, but should then hopefully be a managable task once the other feature is in.

>>>  I believe, that It should not be a big deal keeping the
>>> structure intact and syncing the whole lot with single folder. Maybe
>>> I'm wrong.
>>
>> From what I could read from the previous e-mails about how to use git
>> with submodules, to link translations in form their own module, it
>> will be significantly more complex.
>
> 'git submodule' is a functionality that was introduced to git quite recently,
> and the process I described at the start of this thread was indeed
> complex and most importantly error-prone. So the decision later on in
> this thread was not to use 'git submodule', in the way described at
> the start of the thread.

Ahh ok

>
> Simos
>
>> Regards Kenneth Nielsen
>>
>>>> Yeah, but perhaps you could have sent him something a little before it
>>>> reached 83 !?!
>>>
>>> I agree, but at that time I was sure, that he only "ftps" them to
>>> repos and thought, I only did him a favour when sending all at once,
>>> not giving him too much work ...
>>> Funny right :)
>