Re: [PATCH/RFC 06/17] gettext: localize the main git-init message

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 15:10, Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] wrote:

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

quoted

Note that the TRANSLATORS comment doesn't use the usual Git
style. This is because everything from "/* TRANSLATORS: " to "*/" will
extracted as-is xgettext(1) and presented to translators, including
newlines and leading "*"'s.

How would it cope with the following?

       /* TRANSLATORS:
        * The first '%s' is either "Reinitialized existing" or
        * "Initialized empty", the second " shared" or "", and
        * the last '%s%s' is the verbatim directory name.
        */

The leading column of stars makes it easier to distinguish code
from comments.  (Plus I am not too happy to read code with two
inconsistent comment styles used.)

As I was (trying) to get across in the the commit message it'll make
the *'s part of the message. I.e.:

    TRANSLATORS: * The first '%s' is either "Reinitialized existing"
    or * "Initialized empty", the second " shared" or "", and * the
    last '%s%s' is the verbatim directory name.