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@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
are ERE elements not BRE (note that \? and \+ are not even part
of BRE -- making them accessible from BRE is a GNU extension).
+ - Use Git's gettext wrappers in git-sh-i18n to make the user
+ interface translatable. See "Marking strings for translation" in
+ po/README.
+
For C programs:
- We use tabs to indent, and interpret tabs as taking up to
@@ -144,6 +148,9 @@ For C programs:
- When we pass <string, length> pair to functions, we should try to
pass them in that order.
+ - Use Git's gettext wrappers to make the user interface
+ translatable. See "Marking strings for translation" in po/README.
+
Writing Documentation:
Every user-visible change should be reflected in the documentation.