Enabled makemessages to support several translation directories

Thanks Rémy Hubscher, Ramiro Morales, Unai Zalakain and
Tim Graham for the reviews.
Also fixes #16084.

django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py

@@ -29,25 +29,28 @@ def check_programs(*programs):
 
 @total_ordering
 class TranslatableFile(object):
-    def __init__(self, dirpath, file_name):
+    def __init__(self, dirpath, file_name, locale_dir):
         self.file = file_name
         self.dirpath = dirpath
+        self.locale_dir = locale_dir
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<TranslatableFile: %s>" % os.sep.join([self.dirpath, self.file])
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self.dirpath == other.dirpath and self.file == other.file
+        return self.path == other.path
 
     def __lt__(self, other):
-        if self.dirpath == other.dirpath:
-            return self.file < other.file
-        return self.dirpath < other.dirpath
+        return self.path < other.path
 
-    def process(self, command, potfile, domain, keep_pot=False):
+    @property
+    def path(self):
+        return os.path.join(self.dirpath, self.file)
+
+    def process(self, command, domain):
         """
-        Extract translatable literals from self.file for :param domain:
-        creating or updating the :param potfile: POT file.
+        Extract translatable literals from self.file for :param domain:,
+        creating or updating the POT file.
 
         Uses the xgettext GNU gettext utility.
         """
@@ -127,15 +130,15 @@ def process(self, command, potfile, domain, keep_pot=False):
             if status != STATUS_OK:
                 if is_templatized:
                     os.unlink(work_file)
-                if not keep_pot and os.path.exists(potfile):
-                    os.unlink(potfile)
                 raise CommandError(
                     "errors happened while running xgettext on %s\n%s" %
                     (self.file, errors))
             elif command.verbosity > 0:
                 # Print warnings
                 command.stdout.write(errors)
         if msgs:
+            # Write/append messages to pot file
+            potfile = os.path.join(self.locale_dir, '%s.pot' % str(domain))
             if is_templatized:
                 # Remove '.py' suffix
                 if os.name == 'nt':
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ def process(self, command, potfile, domain, keep_pot=False):
                     new = '#: ' + orig_file[2:]
                 msgs = msgs.replace(old, new)
             write_pot_file(potfile, msgs)
+
         if is_templatized:
             os.unlink(work_file)
 
@@ -242,64 +246,94 @@ def handle_noargs(self, *args, **options):
                              % get_text_list(list(self.extensions), 'and'))
 
         self.invoked_for_django = False
+        self.locale_paths = []
+        self.default_locale_path = None
         if os.path.isdir(os.path.join('conf', 'locale')):
-            localedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('conf', 'locale'))
+            self.locale_paths = [os.path.abspath(os.path.join('conf', 'locale'))]
+            self.default_locale_path = self.locale_paths[0]
             self.invoked_for_django = True
             # Ignoring all contrib apps
             self.ignore_patterns += ['contrib/*']
-        elif os.path.isdir('locale'):
-            localedir = os.path.abspath('locale')
         else:
-            raise CommandError("This script should be run from the Django Git "
-                    "tree or your project or app tree. If you did indeed run it "
-                    "from the Git checkout or your project or application, "
-                    "maybe you are just missing the conf/locale (in the django "
-                    "tree) or locale (for project and application) directory? It "
-                    "is not created automatically, you have to create it by hand "
-                    "if you want to enable i18n for your project or application.")
-
-        check_programs('xgettext')
-
-        potfile = self.build_pot_file(localedir)
-
-        # Build po files for each selected locale
+            self.locale_paths.extend(list(settings.LOCALE_PATHS))
+            # Allow to run makemessages inside an app dir
+            if os.path.isdir('locale'):
+                self.locale_paths.append(os.path.abspath('locale'))
+            if self.locale_paths:
+                self.default_locale_path = self.locale_paths[0]
+                if not os.path.exists(self.default_locale_path):
+                    os.makedirs(self.default_locale_path)
+
+        # Build locale list
         locales = []
         if locale is not None:
             locales = locale
         elif process_all:
-            locale_dirs = filter(os.path.isdir, glob.glob('%s/*' % localedir))
+            locale_dirs = filter(os.path.isdir, glob.glob('%s/*' % self.default_locale_path))
             locales = [os.path.basename(l) for l in locale_dirs]
-
         if locales:
             check_programs('msguniq', 'msgmerge', 'msgattrib')
 
+        check_programs('xgettext')
+
         try:
+            potfiles = self.build_potfiles()
+
+            # Build po files for each selected locale
             for locale in locales:
                 if self.verbosity > 0:
                     self.stdout.write("processing locale %s\n" % locale)
-                self.write_po_file(potfile, locale)
+                for potfile in potfiles:
+                    self.write_po_file(potfile, locale)
         finally:
-            if not self.keep_pot and os.path.exists(potfile):
-                os.unlink(potfile)
+            if not self.keep_pot:
+                self.remove_potfiles()
 
-    def build_pot_file(self, localedir):
+    def build_potfiles(self):
+        """
+        Build pot files and apply msguniq to them.
+        """
         file_list = self.find_files(".")
-
-        potfile = os.path.join(localedir, '%s.pot' % str(self.domain))
-        if os.path.exists(potfile):
-            # Remove a previous undeleted potfile, if any
-            os.unlink(potfile)
-
+        self.remove_potfiles()
         for f in file_list:
             try:
-                f.process(self, potfile, self.domain, self.keep_pot)
+                f.process(self, self.domain)
             except UnicodeDecodeError:
                 self.stdout.write("UnicodeDecodeError: skipped file %s in %s" % (f.file, f.dirpath))
-        return potfile
+
+        potfiles = []
+        for path in self.locale_paths:
+            potfile = os.path.join(path, '%s.pot' % str(self.domain))
+            if not os.path.exists(potfile):
+                continue
+            args = ['msguniq', '--to-code=utf-8']
+            if self.wrap:
+                args.append(self.wrap)
+            if self.location:
+                args.append(self.location)
+            args.append(potfile)
+            msgs, errors, status = popen_wrapper(args)
+            if errors:
+                if status != STATUS_OK:
+                    raise CommandError(
+                        "errors happened while running msguniq\n%s" % errors)
+                elif self.verbosity > 0:
+                    self.stdout.write(errors)
+            with open(potfile, 'w') as fp:
+                fp.write(msgs)
+            potfiles.append(potfile)
+        return potfiles
+
+    def remove_potfiles(self):
+        for path in self.locale_paths:
+            pot_path = os.path.join(path, '%s.pot' % str(self.domain))
+            if os.path.exists(pot_path):
+                os.unlink(pot_path)
 
     def find_files(self, root):
         """
-        Helper method to get all files in the given root.
+        Helper method to get all files in the given root. Also check that there
+        is a matching locale dir for each file.
         """
 
         def is_ignored(path, ignore_patterns):
@@ -319,43 +353,41 @@ def is_ignored(path, ignore_patterns):
                     dirnames.remove(dirname)
                     if self.verbosity > 1:
                         self.stdout.write('ignoring directory %s\n' % dirname)
+                elif dirname == 'locale':
+                    dirnames.remove(dirname)
+                    self.locale_paths.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.abspath(dirpath), dirname))
             for filename in filenames:
-                if is_ignored(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(dirpath, filename)), self.ignore_patterns):
+                file_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))
+                if is_ignored(file_path, self.ignore_patterns):
                     if self.verbosity > 1:
                         self.stdout.write('ignoring file %s in %s\n' % (filename, dirpath))
                 else:
-                    all_files.append(TranslatableFile(dirpath, filename))
+                    locale_dir = None
+                    for path in self.locale_paths:
+                        if os.path.abspath(dirpath).startswith(os.path.dirname(path)):
+                            locale_dir = path
+                            break
+                    if not locale_dir:
+                        locale_dir = self.default_locale_path
+                    if not locale_dir:
+                        raise CommandError(
+                            "Unable to find a locale path to store translations for file %s" % file_path)
+                    all_files.append(TranslatableFile(dirpath, filename, locale_dir))
         return sorted(all_files)
 
     def write_po_file(self, potfile, locale):
         """
         Creates or updates the PO file for self.domain and :param locale:.
         Uses contents of the existing :param potfile:.
 
-        Uses mguniq, msgmerge, and msgattrib GNU gettext utilities.
+        Uses msgmerge, and msgattrib GNU gettext utilities.
         """
-        args = ['msguniq', '--to-code=utf-8']
-        if self.wrap:
-            args.append(self.wrap)
-        if self.location:
-            args.append(self.location)
-        args.append(potfile)
-        msgs, errors, status = popen_wrapper(args)
-        if errors:
-            if status != STATUS_OK:
-                raise CommandError(
-                    "errors happened while running msguniq\n%s" % errors)
-            elif self.verbosity > 0:
-                self.stdout.write(errors)
-
         basedir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(potfile), locale, 'LC_MESSAGES')
         if not os.path.isdir(basedir):
             os.makedirs(basedir)
         pofile = os.path.join(basedir, '%s.po' % str(self.domain))
 
         if os.path.exists(pofile):
-            with open(potfile, 'w') as fp:
-                fp.write(msgs)
             args = ['msgmerge', '-q']
             if self.wrap:
                 args.append(self.wrap)
@@ -369,8 +401,10 @@ def write_po_file(self, potfile, locale):
                         "errors happened while running msgmerge\n%s" % errors)
                 elif self.verbosity > 0:
                     self.stdout.write(errors)
-        elif not self.invoked_for_django:
-            msgs = self.copy_plural_forms(msgs, locale)
+        else:
+            msgs = open(potfile, 'r').read()
+            if not self.invoked_for_django:
+                msgs = self.copy_plural_forms(msgs, locale)
         msgs = msgs.replace(
             "#. #-#-#-#-#  %s.pot (PACKAGE VERSION)  #-#-#-#-#\n" % self.domain, "")
         with open(pofile, 'w') as fp:

docs/man/django-admin.1

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ Ignore files or directories matching this glob-style pattern. Use multiple
 times to ignore more (makemessages command).
 .TP
 .I \-\-no\-default\-ignore
-Don't ignore the common private glob-style patterns 'CVS', '.*' and '*~' (makemessages command).
+Don't ignore the common private glob-style patterns 'CVS', '.*', '*~' and '*.pyc'
+(makemessages command).
 .TP
 .I \-\-no\-wrap
 Don't break long message lines into several lines (makemessages command).

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Example usage::
 Use the ``--ignore`` or ``-i`` option to ignore files or directories matching
 the given :mod:`glob`-style pattern. Use multiple times to ignore more.
 
-These patterns are used by default: ``'CVS'``, ``'.*'``, ``'*~'``
+These patterns are used by default: ``'CVS'``, ``'.*'``, ``'*~'``, ``'*.pyc'``
 
 Example usage::
 
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ for technically skilled translators to understand each message's context.
 .. versionadded:: 1.6
 
 Use the ``--keep-pot`` option to prevent Django from deleting the temporary
-.pot file it generates before creating the .po file. This is useful for
+.pot files it generates before creating the .po file. This is useful for
 debugging errors which may prevent the final language files from being created.
 
 makemigrations [<appname>]

docs/releases/1.7.txt

@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ Internationalization
   in the corresponding entry in the PO file, which makes the translation
   process easier.
 
+* When you run :djadmin:`makemessages` from the root directory of your project,
+  any extracted strings will now be automatically distributed to the proper
+  app or project message file. See :ref:`how-to-create-language-files` for
+  details.
+
 Management Commands
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt

@@ -1256,6 +1256,17 @@ is configured correctly). It creates (or updates) a message file in the
 directory ``locale/LANG/LC_MESSAGES``. In the ``de`` example, the file will be
 ``locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po``.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.7
+
+    When you run ``makemessages`` from the root directory of your project, the
+    extracted strings will be automatically distributed to the proper message
+    files. That is, a string extracted from a file of an app containing a
+    ``locale`` directory will go in a message file under that directory.
+    A string extracted from a file of an app without any ``locale`` directory
+    will either go in a message file under the directory listed first in
+    :setting:`LOCALE_PATHS` or will generate an error if :setting:`LOCALE_PATHS`
+    is empty.
+
 By default :djadmin:`django-admin.py makemessages <makemessages>` examines every
 file that has the ``.html`` or ``.txt`` file extension. In case you want to
 override that default, use the ``--extension`` or ``-e`` option to specify the
@@ -1730,24 +1741,9 @@ All message file repositories are structured the same way. They are:
 * ``$PYTHONPATH/django/conf/locale/<language>/LC_MESSAGES/django.(po|mo)``
 
 To create message files, you use the :djadmin:`django-admin.py makemessages <makemessages>`
-tool. You only need to be in the same directory where the ``locale/`` directory
-is located. And you use :djadmin:`django-admin.py compilemessages <compilemessages>`
+tool. And you use :djadmin:`django-admin.py compilemessages <compilemessages>`
 to produce the binary ``.mo`` files that are used by ``gettext``.
 
 You can also run :djadmin:`django-admin.py compilemessages
 --settings=path.to.settings <compilemessages>` to make the compiler process all
 the directories in your :setting:`LOCALE_PATHS` setting.
-
-Finally, you should give some thought to the structure of your translation
-files. If your applications need to be delivered to other users and will be used
-in other projects, you might want to use app-specific translations. But using
-app-specific translations and project-specific translations could produce weird
-problems with :djadmin:`makemessages`: it will traverse all directories below
-the current path and so might put message IDs into a unified, common message
-file for the current project that are already in application message files.
-
-The easiest way out is to store applications that are not part of the project
-(and so carry their own translations) outside the project tree. That way,
-:djadmin:`django-admin.py makemessages <makemessages>`, when ran on a project
-level will only extract strings that are connected to your explicit project and
-not strings that are distributed independently.

tests/i18n/project_dir/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Sample project used by test_extraction.CustomLayoutExtractionTests
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+
+string = _("This is a project-level string")

tests/i18n/project_dir/app_no_locale/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+
+string = _("This app has no locale directory")

tests/i18n/project_dir/app_with_locale/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+
+string = _("This app has a locale directory")