how to set desired language in git-gui?
I recently came to git for a project I participate to. I found git gui rather handy (under OSX Snow Leopard) to srtat with but I would much like if it were not localized (in French, in my case). Is there preference or hack to have git gui displayed in english?
Answer
For Windows users the are two choices as well:
1) Set the LANG environment variable to en.
a) Overall for Windows: http://www.itechtalk.com/thread3595.html
b) For the git shell only:
If you don't want to affect anything else except git applications you might add the following line in the beginning of C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.cmd file:
@set LANG=en
Please note that this will only work when launching commands from the git shell - GIT GUI launched from the start menu will not be affected
2) Delete or rename relevant *.msg file in C:\Program Files\Git\share\git-gui\lib\msgs
You save on not modifying any setup shell (especially if you use cmd.exe shells) but you lose on international functionality.
Credits: These answers originated in the official issue raised in msysgit project which can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=302