i18n: add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext

[thirdparty/git.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bf0d97ef769adda0066578c7823a124385785e94..8120641a513f1528b7e8f312b1ba8f496b936539 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ Issues of note:
          history graphically, and in git-gui.  If you don't want gitk or
          git-gui, you can use NO_TCLTK.
 
+       - A gettext library is used by default for localizing Git. The
+         primary target is GNU libintl, but the Solaris gettext
+         implementation also works.
+
+         We need a gettext.h on the system for C code, gettext.sh (or
+         Solaris gettext(1)) for shell scripts, and libintl-perl for Perl
+         programs.
+
+         Set NO_GETTEXT to disable localization support and make Git only
+         use English. Under autoconf the configure script will do this
+         automatically if it can't find libintl on the system.
+
  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
    but depending on your specific installation, you may not
    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have