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