From 5c8ce6de20c7a2457ee93303682b0fad1eaa5fed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Loui Chang Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:34:45 -0400 Subject: TRANSLATING: Add note about commit message. Signed-off-by: Loui Chang --- TRANSLATING | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'TRANSLATING') diff --git a/TRANSLATING b/TRANSLATING index 10ad4b0..0cb9b54 100644 --- a/TRANSLATING +++ b/TRANSLATING @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ aur-dev@archlinux.org Creating a New Translation --------------------------- -Before beginning, please make sure that git and python are installed. +Before beginning, please make sure that git and python are installed. Also, please do not translate if you are unwilling to maintain or find someone to maintain the translation. This is due to the fact that the AUR is a rapidly evolving project and there are constantly new strings @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ to be translated. If the translations get too out of sync with the released versions, there will be too many untranslated strings for the translation to be usable, and it may have to be disabled. -1. Check out the AUR source using git. +1. Check out the AUR source using git. $ git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git aur-git @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $ git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git aur-git process, simply answer its questions and prompts. If you wish to stop at some point during the translation, you may kill translation_tool using Ctrl+C. If you later wish to continue the translation, simply - run translation_tool again, and it will continue from where you left off. + run translation_tool again, and it will continue from where you left off. $ cd aur-git $ git checkout master @@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ $ git pull $ cd web/lang $ ./translation_tool -3. To commit your patch to your branch: +3. To commit your patch to your branch: $ git add $ git commit -s +Write your commit message above the sign off and separate them by a +blank line. + 4. Create a git formatted patch. $ git format-patch origin/master @@ -56,18 +59,18 @@ $ git format-patch origin/master Updating an Existing Translation --------------------------------- -1. Update your copy of the AUR code. +1. Update your copy of the AUR code. $ cd aur-git $ git pull 2. Run translation_tool, which will only prompts for strings that have - changed or been added since the last translation. + changed or been added since the last translation. $ cd web/lang $ ./translation_tool -3. To commit your patch to your branch: +3. To commit your patch to your branch: $ git add $ git commit -s -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf