> Also (and I'm using our own swdev process as a guide, so this might > not really transfer to your use case), why does the output of make > dist get checked into git? I think most people create a build from > git, then make dist from the build, then distribute the dist. It > somehow does not "feel right'" that the output of make dist gets > checked into git. > > -P
The issue here is that the .po files are partially human-generated and partially machine-generated. Basically, the gettext software creates a template file containing all the strings to be translated. The human translators then edit this template into a .po file for each language. So, the .po files have to go into git. However, as the underlying program is modified, additional translatable strings may be added. So, the .po files also get modified, and the date of the latest check for new strings is put into the file so the human translators can see if the template is current. It isn't quite the same issue as a file modification timestamp. Thanks, David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
