[Feature request] Check for missing messages and exit with error code if found

[matuscongrady]

Hello,

My build pipeline is something like: lint > flow > test > build.
I would like to add checks for missing messages.

lingui extract produces a nice catalog statistics, that show if there are some missing translations.

Problem is, I can't plug it to my pipeline. I need a check that exits with error code, if there are some missing translations.
I'd like my pipeline to abort build and show error in this case.

Hopefully, this won't be hard to implement.

Thanks!

[tricoder42]

Definitely good point!

What about lingui compile --validate? There're might be other validations in the future, so it's a good start.

The reason why I prefer compile instead of extract is that in the near future I want to release sync command, which downloads translation from external service (like Transifex). The workflow would be extract -> sync -> compile, so the validation in last step makes sense.

What do you think?

[tricoder42]

Added lingui compile --strict option, which fails if any catalog has missing translation.

[ppozniak]

Apologise for necro posting but does --strict checks for missing files, or actual translations?
Cause it seems not to work with translations. I have all translations missing, for sure, and it still exits successfully.

[tricoder42]

@ppozniak Yeah, it should fail for missing translations. Could you please make a repo with example?