Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] add a Makefile switch to avoid gettext translation in shell scripts

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:12:56 -0600

Junio C Hamano wrote:

>     make USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME=fallthrough
>
> This will replace the translation routines with fallthrough versions,
> that does not use gettext from the platform.

Nice implementation.  I still don't understand why NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease
should not imply this.  Is it to ensure the GETTEXT_SCHEME=gnu mode
gets more testing?

Here's a patch to consider squashing in that makes the option take
effect if it changes between builds.

diff --git i/Makefile w/Makefile
index 63dfd64d..b2b738bb 100644
--- i/Makefile
+++ w/Makefile
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ cscope:
 ### Detect prefix changes
 TRACK_CFLAGS = $(CC):$(subst ','\'',$(ALL_CFLAGS)):\
              $(bindir_SQ):$(gitexecdir_SQ):$(template_dir_SQ):$(prefix_SQ):\
-             $(localedir_SQ)
+             $(localedir_SQ):$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME)
 
 GIT-CFLAGS: FORCE
 	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_CFLAGS)'; \