Update translation scripts to avoid committing messages.pot

Makefile

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ release:
 	$(MAKE) build
 	$(MAKE) check
 translations:
-	@./scripts/update-po.sh -a
+	@BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR) ./scripts/update-po.sh -a
 gtk4:
 	@$(MAKE) $(UI_FILES)
 $(UI_FILES):

scripts/update-po.sh

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 #This script generates the latest '.po' file(s) from the source
 #Usage: 'update-po.sh -l <LANG-CODE>', use '-a' to update all '.po' files
 
-#Create a new translation from 'po/messages.pot'
+#Create a new translation from 'build/messages.pot'
 promptNewTranslation() {
   if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
     echo -n "The translation for '$1' does not exist, do you want to create it? [Y/n] "
     read -r reply
 
     if [[ "$reply" = "Y" ]] || [[ "$reply" = "y" ]]; then
-      msginit --input=po/messages.pot --locale="$1" --output-file="po/$1.po"
+      msginit --input="../$BUILD_DIR/messages.pot" --locale="$1" --output-file="po/$1.po"
       #Add copyright info
       sed -i "2s/.*/# Copyright (C) $(date +%Y) Stuart Hayhurst/" "po/$1.po"
     fi
@@ -19,16 +19,23 @@ promptNewTranslation() {
 #Update translation file $1
 updateTranslation() {
   echo -n "Updating '$1': "
-  msgmerge --previous -U --quiet "$1" po/messages.pot
+  msgmerge --previous -U --quiet "$1" "../$BUILD_DIR/messages.pot"
   msgfmt --check --verbose --output-file=/dev/null "$1"
 }
 
 #Change to repository root and exit on failure
 set -e
 cd "$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )/.." || exit 1
-cd "extension" || exit 1
 
-../scripts/update-pot.sh
+#Set build directory if missing, and create it
+if [[ "$BUILD_DIR" == "" ]]; then
+  BUILD_DIR="build"
+fi
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+#Generate pot file and swap to extension source dir
+./scripts/update-pot.sh
+cd "extension" || exit 1
 
 if [[ "$1" == "-l" ]]; then #Update / create one specific '.po' file
   #Check if a valid language code was given

scripts/update-pot.sh

@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#This script scans the source code for any translatable strings and updates the po/messages.pot file accordingly
+#This script scans the source code for any translatable strings and create the build/messages.pot
 
 #Change to repository root and exit on failure
 set -e
 cd "$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )/.." || exit 1
-cd "extension" || exit 1
+
+#Set build directory if missing, and create it
+if [[ "$BUILD_DIR" == "" ]]; then
+  BUILD_DIR="build"
+fi
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
 
 #Update the template file with the strings from the source files
 xgettext --from-code=UTF-8 \
          --add-comments=Translators \
          --copyright-holder="Stuart Hayhurst" \
          --package-name="privacy-menu-extension" \
-         --output=po/messages.pot \
-         -- *.js ui/*/*.ui
+         --output="$BUILD_DIR/messages.pot" \
+         -- extension/*.js extension/ui/*/*.ui
 
 #Replace some lines of the header with our own
-sed -i '1s/.*/# <LANGUAGE> translation for the Privacy Quick Settings GNOME Shell Extension./' po/messages.pot
-sed -i "2s/.*/# Copyright (C) $(date +%Y) Stuart Hayhurst/" po/messages.pot
-sed -i '17s/CHARSET/UTF-8/' po/messages.pot
+sed -i '1s/.*/# <LANGUAGE> translation for the Privacy Quick Settings GNOME Shell Extension./' "$BUILD_DIR/messages.pot"
+sed -i "2s/.*/# Copyright (C) $(date +%Y) Stuart Hayhurst/" "$BUILD_DIR/messages.pot"
+sed -i '17s/CHARSET/UTF-8/' "$BUILD_DIR/messages.pot"
 
 echo "Generated translation list"