On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:56:33PM +0100, Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 11. November 2015 um 13:59:39, schrieb Scott Kostyshak 
> <skost...@lyx.org>
> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 07:46:46PM +0100, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, 11. November 2015 um 13:14:11, schrieb Scott Kostyshak 
> > > <skost...@lyx.org>
> > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:52:43AM -0800, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> > > > > Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > > > > I thought I just needed to overwrite the trunk po files with the 
> > > > > > branch
> > > > > > po files, but it seems there are changes in the trunk po files that 
> > > > > > are
> > > > > > not in branch (e.g. a73c2647). So what is the procedure for this?
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is somewhat chaotic territory, you can't be really sure without 
> > > > > consulting git log.
> > > > > Usually sk.po/de.po will be newer in master plus some random chunks 
> > > > > when Uwe proxy
> > > > > commits. (I think last time he cared about this transition).
> > > > 
> > > > I see. I do not mind consulting git log. To make sure I understand
> > > > correctly, just to simplify things, if I do the following:
> > > > 
> > > > git log zz.po
> > > > 
> > > > both on master and on branch, and I see that the date of the latest
> > > > commit is newer on branch than it is on master, then I should copy the
> > > > po file from branch to master. If the date of the latest commit is newer
> > > > on master than it is on branch, then I should do nothing.
> > > > 
> > > > Is that a sufficient rule to decide by? Or is there another source of
> > > > chaos?
> > > > 
> > > > Scott
> > > 
> > > What if I make a commit to master and later commit also to branch? It 
> > > happens for e.g. sk.po.
> > 
> > Why would something go wrong if I follow the strategy above? In this
> > case because you later commit to branch, I would copy the sk.po from
> > branch to master. Would that cause a problem?
> > 
> > Note that I know very little about po files and the translation process.
> > I would like to learn more though since it is an important part of LyX's
> > development and release.
> 
> Branch has less strings than master. (6609 vs. 6817). And not all strings 
> from branch
> are common with master.

I see. So there is no rule that I can use to do what I want then. I
guess I will just copy over the po files from branch that have not been
updated on master then. I'm not sure what else I could do.

Scott

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