On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Derrick Stolee <sto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/2/2018 12:38 AM, Duy Nguyen wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:25 PM, Derrick Stolee <dsto...@microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> + if (i && oidcmp(&prev_oid, &cur_oid) >= 0)
>>> + graph_report("commit-graph has incorrect OID
>>> order: %s then %s",
>>> + oid_to_hex(&prev_oid),
>>> + oid_to_hex(&cur_oid));
>>
>> Should these strings be marked for translation with _()?
>
> I've been asking myself "Is this message helpful to anyone other than a Git
> developer?" and for this series the only one that is helpful to an end-user
> is the message about the final hash. If the hash is correct, but these other
> messages appear, then there is a bug in the code that wrote the file.
> Otherwise, file corruption is more likely and the correct course of action
> is to delete and rebuild.
Dev-only strings like this are typically prefixed with "BUG:" or
"internal error:" (unless BUG() is a better choice). Git is
unfortunately not fully i18n-ized and devs from time to time still
forget to mark string for translations when appropriate, including me.
Because of this, we still have to slowly scan through the code base
and mark more strings for translation. Something to say clearly "not
translatable on purpose" would help a lot. If "BUG:" and friends are
too much noise, a /* no translate */ comment or some other form could
also help.
But your explanation to me still sounds like corrupted file in some
form, which should be translated unless it's too cryptic. commit-graph
format may be available in non-English languages and people can still
try to figure out the problem without relying entirely on git
developers.
--
Duy
