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Reputation: 2442

How to change gitk language (on a Mac)?

I cannot find an option in the Preferences menu to change the language. I know it has to be done somewhere else, from a terminal window I think, but I don't remember the commands. How can I change gitk interface messages language ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 476

Answers (2)

T3rm1
T3rm1

Reputation: 2532

If git was installed with Homebrew you can rename the language file of gitk and git gui in these places:

/usr/local/Cellar/git-gui/2.32.0/share/gitk/lib/msgs
/usr/local/Cellar/git-gui/2.32.0/share/git-gui/lib/msgs

Just rename the language file you don't want to use to something else, e.g.:

mv de.msg de.msg.bak

You might need to redo this when git is updated.

Upvotes: 0

reacuna
reacuna

Reputation: 481

Based on the information available on this issue:

Tk picks up the language as defined in the Region and Language control panel item

In Mac OS X, you should define the LANG variable. You can do this with something like:

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

If you want to see the gitk GUI in English.

Upvotes: 2

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