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In the preceding commit we moved away from using xgettext(1) to both generate the po/git.pot, and to merge the incrementally generated po/git.pot+ file as we sourced translations from C, shell and Perl. Doing it this way, which dates back to my initial implementation[1][2][3] was conflating two things: With xgettext(1) the --from-code both controls what encoding is specified in the po/git.pot's header, and what encoding we allow in source messages. We don't ever want to allow non-ASCII in *source messages*, and doing so has hid e.g. a buggy message introduced ina6226fd772(submodule--helper: convert the bulk of cmd_add() to C, 2021-08-10) from us, we'd warn about it before, but only when running "make pot", but the operation would still succeed. Now we'll error out on it when running "make pot". Since the preceding Makefile changes made this easy: let's add a "make check-pot" target with the same prerequisites as the "po/git.pot" target, but without changing the file "po/git.pot". Running it as part of the "static-analysis" CI target will ensure that we catch any such issues in the future. E.g.: $ make check-pot XGETTEXT .build/pot/po/builtin/submodule--helper.c.po xgettext: Non-ASCII string at builtin/submodule--helper.c:3381. Please specify the source encoding through --from-code. make: *** [.build/pot/po/builtin/submodule--helper.c.po] Error 1 1.cd5513a716(i18n: Makefile: "pot" target to extract messages marked for translation, 2011-02-22) 2.adc3b2b276(Makefile: add xgettext target for *.sh files, 2011-05-14) 3.5e9637c629(i18n: add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext, 2011-11-18) Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks