PO-FETCH(1) User Commands PO-FETCH(1)

po-fetch - fetches a set of PO files from a translation project's site

po-fetch [OPTION...] TP DOMAIN

po-fetch [OPTION...] Weblate BASE-URL PROJECT COMPONENT

po-fetch [OPTION...] git BASE-URL BRANCH SUBDIR

Fetches a set of PO files, produced by translators, from a translation project's site on the internet, and updates the LINGUAS file accordingly.

The first argument indicates the kind of translation project:

denotes the Translation Project (translationproject.org).
denotes a Weblate instance.
denotes a web front-end to a git repository (such as a gitweb instance, a cgit instance, or a GitLab or GitHub or Forgejo instance).

--git
Make changes in the git index, to prepare for a git commit.

Output files location:

The PO files and the LINGUAS file are stored in the current directory.

Informative output:

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Written by Bruno Haible.

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

The full documentation for po-fetch is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and po-fetch programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info po-fetch

should give you access to the complete manual.

January 2026 GNU gettext-tools 1.0