Stop committing generated .mo files; build them with doit localize

.github/workflows/check-coverage.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade build
         pip install .[versioning]
         doit version
+        pip install .[localize]
+        doit localize
         pip install .
         python -m build
         pip install .[test]

.github/workflows/generate-metadata.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade build
         pip install .[versioning]
         doit version
+        pip install .[localize]
+        doit localize
         pip install .
         python -m build
         pip install .[test]

.github/workflows/package.yml

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade build
         pip install .[versioning]
         doit version
+        pip install .[localize]
+        doit localize
         pip install .
         python -m build
         pip install .[package]

.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade build
           pip install .[versioning]
           doit version
+          pip install .[localize]
+          doit localize
           pip install .
           python -m build
 

.github/workflows/run-e2-tests.yml

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade build
         pip install .[versioning]
         doit version
+        pip install .[localize]
+        doit localize
         pip install .
         python -m build
         pip install .[test]

.github/workflows/run-tests.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade build
         pip install .[versioning]
         doit version
+        pip install .[localize]
+        doit localize
         pip install .
         python -m build
         pip install .[test]

.gitignore

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ test-output/
 # localization intermediate files
 *.po
 tabcmd/locales/**/combined.tmp
+tabcmd/locales/**/*.mo
 tabcmd/locales/codestrings.tmp
 
 # venv

MANIFEST.in

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# .mo bundles are generated by 'doit localize', not committed; the sdist must still carry them
+recursive-include tabcmd/locales *.mo

bin/i18n/README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Missing string keys are validated on every PR by `.github/workflows/check-string
 
 ## Regenerating .mo bundles
 
+The .mo files are generated and are not committed. CI and packaging run `doit localize` before building. Run it locally after changing a .properties file or before running tabcmd from a checkout.
+
 Run these when properties files change. Each step is idempotent and will overwrite the existing output. More details about implementation are in the script code at `dodo.py`.
 
 Or run the full pipeline in one command:

contributing.md

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ We have three levels of testing.
 Strings should be added/edited in /tabcmd/locales/en/{name}.properties by id and referred to in code as 
 > string = _("string.id")
 
-- regenerate updated strings for packaging as exe
+- regenerate the (uncommitted) .mo bundles to see new strings locally; CI and packaging do this themselves
 > python -m doit properties po mo