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@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ strings and remove any strings that aren't used anymore. You should check this
file in. Once the changes are on master, they will be picked up by
[Crowdin](http://translate.gitlab.com) and be presented for translation.
+If there are merge conflicts in the `gitlab.pot` file, you can delete the file
+and regenerate it using the same command. Confirm that you are not deleting any strings accidentally by looking over the diff.
+
The command also updates the translation files for each language: `locale/*/gitlab.po`
These changes can be discarded, the languange files will be updated by Crowdin
automatically.