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

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

SYNOPSIS
       po-fetch [OPTION...] TP DOMAIN

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

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

DESCRIPTION
       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:

       TP     denotes the Translation Project (translationproject.org).

       Weblate
              denotes a Weblate instance.

       git    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).

OPTIONS
       --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:

       --help Show this help text.

       --version
              Show version and authorship information.

AUTHOR
       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs in the bug tracker at
       <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to
       <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       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.

GNU gettext-tools 1.0            January 2026                      PO-FETCH(1)