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

[Kenneth Nielsen <k nielsen81 gmail com>]

I'm pretty sure that we can come up with a system for at least single
file update and commit, in nomatter what VCS we use.Doing it with
several is a little more difficult.

2009/1/23 Matej Urban <matej urban gmail com>:
> Hello Marcel,
>
>> Nobody is preventing you to make something like this:
>>
>> $ mkdir i10n.HEAD-LL
>> $ cd i10n.HEAD-LL
>> $ ln ../accroc/trunk/po/LL.po accroc.HEAD.po
>> $ ln ../alacarte/trunk/po/LL.po alacarte.HEAD.po
>> .... (easily scriptable using for, if you want)
>>
>> Update whatever you want in (all, if you want) po files.
>>
>> $ cd ..
>> $ for i in */po ; do cd $i ; svn ci ; done
>>
>> (The scripting above is just an idea, not for real usage)
>
> NOW, here we are again at the start of the problem, already discussed
> in the bug report I mention. I have no idea how to write a script,
> that would do what I want, nor did I find any that would closely
> resemble my wishes. You have to keep in mind, that I couldn't care
> less about the system and it's specifics, if I could commit all the
> changed *.po files I keep in my local folder with any tree structure
> that is used in git/svn system. If I'd have such a script, all other
> aspects wouldn't bother me.
>
> I'd like to go into my gnome.head-LL dir, type $ msusfnt at the
> beginning and $mscsfnt "somemessage" at the end and all the updates
> would go into their respected places in the whatever tree structure,
> back and forth, updating the "somemessage" for all of them, and maybe
> even, if someone think it's necessary, add suitably formatted entry
> into the Changelog. Viola. That's it and no more nagging from me.
>
> I would gladly give my time to ADD (and other raraly used commands)
> new files in any, no matter how complicated, way.
>
> I can dream, can I?
>
> (msusft stands for: Marcel's super updating script for nagging translators)
> (mscsft stands for: Marcel's super committing script for nagging translators)
>
> M!
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