po-fetch - Man Page

fetches a set of PO files from a translation project's site

Synopsis

po-fetch [OPTION...] TP DOMAIN

po-fetch [OPTION...] Weblate BASE-URL PROJECT COMPONENT

po-fetch [OPTION...] git BASE-URL BRANCH SUBDIR

Description

Fetches a set of PO files, produced by translators, from a translation project's site on the internet, and updates the LINGUAS file accordingly.

The first argument indicates the kind of translation project:

TP

denotes the Translation Project (translationproject.org).

Weblate

denotes a Weblate instance.

git

denotes a web front-end to a git repository (such as a gitweb instance, a cgit instance, or a GitLab or GitHub or Forgejo instance).

Options

--git

Make changes in the git index, to prepare for a git commit.

Output files location:

The PO files and the LINGUAS file are stored in the current directory.

Informative output:

--help

Show this help text.

--version

Show version and authorship information.

Author

Written by Bruno Haible.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

See Also

The full documentation for po-fetch is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and po-fetch programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info po-fetch

should give you access to the complete manual.

Info

January 2026 GNU gettext-tools 1.0