id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
28279	Feature - Stable output for the makemessages command	Pierre Sassoulas	nobody	"I'm using a VCS to track my i18n directory, and very often after changing one or two strings, the content change elsewhere after launching ""python manage.py makemessages"".

For example :


{{{
-""    lorem ipsum etc.\n""
+""   lorem ipsum ""
+""etc.\n""
}}}


Or : 

{{{
-msgstr """"
-""Django, Le framework web pour les perfectionnistes ayant des échéances""
+msgstr ""Django, Le framework web pour les perfectionnistes ayant des échéances""
}}}


It makes merge and rebase a lot more complicated, because it prevent them to be done automatically by the VCS.

Would it be feasible to have some fixed format that would make the locale directory more stable ?

"	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Core (Management commands)	1.11	Normal	invalid	makemessages stable vcs		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0