How does incremental localization work?

Question

I\'m trying to build my first localized application. I have all the strings in code translated using NSLocalizedString (for use with genstrings tool). Now I\'m

Answer 1

I wrote a script for git projects which automates the steps necessary (as described in the answer above) to migrate a change to a different language.

Usage:

migrate_changes.sh  

Example:

After you've committed your changes to the english xib file, run the script at the root of your resource folder.

migrate_changes.sh de MyViewController

Source:

#!/bin/sh

LANG_FROM='en'
LANG_TO=$1
XIB_FILE=$2

FROM_FILE=${LANG_FROM}.lproj/${XIB_FILE}.xib
PREV_FILE=${LANG_FROM}.lproj/${XIB_FILE}_old.xib
TO_FILE=${LANG_TO}.lproj/${XIB_FILE}.xib

# checkout old version of xib file
git show `git log -2 --format="%H" $FROM_FILE | tail -n 1`:./$FROM_FILE > $PREV_FILE

# merge changes
ibtool --previous-file $PREV_FILE --incremental-file $TO_FILE --localize-incremental --write $TO_FILE $FROM_FILE

# remove previous version
rm $PREV_FILE