Mark strings for translation

index 74f3fe9103..48d843489c 100644
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		if (is_utf8(path))
 			flags |= ZIP_UTF8;
 		else
-			warning("Path is not valid UTF-8: %s", path);
+			warning("path is not valid UTF-8: %s", path);
 	}
 
 	if (pathlen > 0xffff) {

index b29d26dede..ebeb4c5638 100644
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int option_parse_type(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
 		 * --int' and '--type=bool
 		 * --type=int'.
 		 */
-		error("only one type at a time.");
+		error("only one type at a time");
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage,
 			builtin_config_options);
 	}

@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
 static void check_argc(int argc, int min, int max) {
 	if (argc >= min && argc <= max)
 		return;
-	error("wrong number of arguments");
+	if (min == max)
+		error("wrong number of arguments, should be %d", min);
+	else
+		error("wrong number of arguments, should be from %d to %d",
+		      min, max);
 	usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 }
 

@@ -595,7 +599,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (use_global_config + use_system_config + use_local_config +
 	    !!given_config_source.file + !!given_config_source.blob > 1) {
-		error("only one config file at a time.");
+		error("only one config file at a time");
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 

@@ -622,7 +626,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 * location; error out even if XDG_CONFIG_HOME
 			 * is set and points at a sane location.
 			 */
-			die("$HOME not set");
+			die("$HOME is not set");
 
 		if (access_or_warn(user_config, R_OK, 0) &&
 		    xdg_config && !access_or_warn(xdg_config, R_OK, 0)) {

@@ -664,7 +668,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (HAS_MULTI_BITS(actions)) {
-		error("only one action at a time.");
+		error("only one action at a time");
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 	if (actions == 0)

@@ -819,7 +823,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		if (ret == 0)
-			die("No such section!");
+			die("no such section: %s", argv[0]);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION) {
 		int ret;

@@ -830,7 +834,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		if (ret == 0)
-			die("No such section!");
+			die("no such section: %s", argv[0]);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR) {
 		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);

index ee753a403e..9774920999 100644
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (!opt.pattern_list)
-		die(_("no pattern given."));
+		die(_("no pattern given"));
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to find "--" in a separate pass, because its presence

@@ -1085,19 +1085,19 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (recurse_submodules && (!use_index || untracked))
-		die(_("option not supported with --recurse-submodules."));
+		die(_("option not supported with --recurse-submodules"));
 
 	if (!show_in_pager && !opt.status_only)
 		setup_pager();
 
 	if (!use_index && (untracked || cached))
-		die(_("--cached or --untracked cannot be used with --no-index."));
+		die(_("--cached or --untracked cannot be used with --no-index"));
 
 	if (!use_index || untracked) {
 		int use_exclude = (opt_exclude < 0) ? use_index : !!opt_exclude;
 		hit = grep_directory(&opt, &pathspec, use_exclude, use_index);
 	} else if (0 <= opt_exclude) {
-		die(_("--[no-]exclude-standard cannot be used for tracked contents."));
+		die(_("--[no-]exclude-standard cannot be used for tracked contents"));
 	} else if (!list.nr) {
 		if (!cached)
 			setup_work_tree();

@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		hit = grep_cache(&opt, the_repository, &pathspec, cached);
 	} else {
 		if (cached)
-			die(_("both --cached and trees are given."));
+			die(_("both --cached and trees are given"));
 
 		hit = grep_objects(&opt, &pathspec, &list);
 	}

index 71056d8294..1a6ece425d 100644
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ static void ll_find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, unsigned list_size,
 		return;
 	}
 	if (progress > pack_to_stdout)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Delta compression using up to %d threads.\n",
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "Delta compression using up to %d threads.",
 				delta_search_threads);
 	p = xcalloc(delta_search_threads, sizeof(*p));
 

@@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ static void read_object_list_from_stdin(void)
 			if (feof(stdin))
 				break;
 			if (!ferror(stdin))
-				die("fgets returned NULL, not EOF, not error!");
+				die("BUG: fgets returned NULL, not EOF, not error!");
 			if (errno != EINTR)
 				die_errno("fgets");
 			clearerr(stdin);

@@ -3353,8 +3353,8 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		prepare_pack(window, depth);
 	write_pack_file();
 	if (progress)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Total %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32"),"
-			" reused %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32")\n",
-			written, written_delta, reused, reused_delta);
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "Total %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32"),"
+			   " reused %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32")",
+			   written, written_delta, reused, reused_delta);
 	return 0;
 }

index 6da2411e14..de826e8209 100644
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int show_reference(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 			enum object_type obj_type, repl_type;
 
 			if (get_oid(refname, &object))
-				return error("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref.", refname);
+				return error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref", refname);
 
 			obj_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &object,
 						   NULL);

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int for_each_replace_name(const char **argv, each_replace_name_fn fn)
 
 	for (p = argv; *p; p++) {
 		if (get_oid(*p, &oid)) {
-			error("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref.", *p);
+			error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref", *p);
 			had_error = 1;
 			continue;
 		}

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int for_each_replace_name(const char **argv, each_replace_name_fn fn)
 		full_hex = ref.buf + base_len;
 
 		if (read_ref(ref.buf, &oid)) {
-			error("replace ref '%s' not found.", full_hex);
+			error("replace ref '%s' not found", full_hex);
 			had_error = 1;
 			continue;
 		}

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int delete_replace_ref(const char *name, const char *ref,
 {
 	if (delete_ref(NULL, ref, oid, 0))
 		return 1;
-	printf("Deleted replace ref '%s'\n", name);
+	printf_ln("Deleted replace ref '%s'", name);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int check_ref_valid(struct object_id *object,
 	strbuf_reset(ref);
 	strbuf_addf(ref, "%s%s", git_replace_ref_base, oid_to_hex(object));
 	if (check_refname_format(ref->buf, 0))
-		return error("'%s' is not a valid ref name.", ref->buf);
+		return error("'%s' is not a valid ref name", ref->buf);
 
 	if (read_ref(ref->buf, prev))
 		oidclr(prev);

@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ static int replace_object(const char *object_ref, const char *replace_ref, int f
 	struct object_id object, repl;
 
 	if (get_oid(object_ref, &object))
-		return error("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref.",
+		return error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref",
 			     object_ref);
 	if (get_oid(replace_ref, &repl))
-		return error("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref.",
+		return error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref",
 			     replace_ref);
 
 	return replace_object_oid(object_ref, &object, replace_ref, &repl, force);

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static int edit_and_replace(const char *object_ref, int force, int raw)
 	struct strbuf ref = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (get_oid(object_ref, &old_oid) < 0)
-		return error("Not a valid object name: '%s'", object_ref);
+		return error("not a valid object name: '%s'", object_ref);
 
 	type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &old_oid, NULL);
 	if (type < 0)

@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int replace_parents(struct strbuf *buf, int argc, const char **argv)
 		struct object_id oid;
 		if (get_oid(argv[i], &oid) < 0) {
 			strbuf_release(&new_parents);
-			return error(_("Not a valid object name: '%s'"),
+			return error(_("not a valid object name: '%s'"),
 				     argv[i]);
 		}
 		if (!lookup_commit_reference(&oid)) {

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int check_one_mergetag(struct commit *commit,
 	for (i = 1; i < mergetag_data->argc; i++) {
 		struct object_id oid;
 		if (get_oid(mergetag_data->argv[i], &oid) < 0)
-			return error(_("Not a valid object name: '%s'"),
+			return error(_("not a valid object name: '%s'"),
 				     mergetag_data->argv[i]);
 		if (!oidcmp(&tag->tagged->oid, &oid))
 			return 0; /* found */

@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int create_graft(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int gentle)
 	unsigned long size;
 
 	if (get_oid(old_ref, &old_oid) < 0)
-		return error(_("Not a valid object name: '%s'"), old_ref);
+		return error(_("not a valid object name: '%s'"), old_ref);
 	commit = lookup_commit_reference(&old_oid);
 	if (!commit)
 		return error(_("could not parse %s"), old_ref);

index f4a208a166..bb2e30fe3d 100644
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 	envw = xstrdup(env);
 
 	if (sq_dequote_to_argv(envw, &argv, &nr, &alloc) < 0) {
-		ret = error("bogus format in " CONFIG_DATA_ENVIRONMENT);
+		ret = error("bogus format in %s", CONFIG_DATA_ENVIRONMENT);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

index 968e91b18c..083cf804a7 100644
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static NORETURN void die_initial_contact(int unexpected)
 	 * response does not necessarily mean an ACL problem, though.
 	 */
 	if (unexpected)
-		die(_("The remote end hung up upon initial contact"));
+		die(_("the remote end hung up upon initial contact"));
 	else
 		die(_("Could not read from remote repository.\n\n"
 		      "Please make sure you have the correct access rights\n"

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int process_dummy_ref(const char *line)
 static void check_no_capabilities(const char *line, int len)
 {
 	if (strlen(line) != len)
-		warning("Ignoring capabilities after first line '%s'",
+		warning("ignoring capabilities after first line '%s'",
 			line + strlen(line));
 }
 

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static enum protocol get_protocol(const char *name)
 		return PROTO_SSH;
 	if (!strcmp(name, "file"))
 		return PROTO_FILE;
-	die("I don't handle protocol '%s'", name);
+	die("protocol '%s' is not supported", name);
 }
 
 static char *host_end(char **hoststart, int removebrackets)

@@ -595,8 +595,7 @@ static void enable_keepalive(int sockfd)
 	int ka = 1;
 
 	if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, &ka, sizeof(ka)) < 0)
-		fprintf(stderr, "unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE on socket: %s\n",
-			strerror(errno));
+		error_errno("unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE on socket");
 }
 
 #ifndef NO_IPV6

@@ -640,10 +639,12 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 
 	gai = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &ai);
 	if (gai)
-		die("Unable to look up %s (port %s) (%s)", host, port, gai_strerror(gai));
+		die("unable to look up %s (port %s) (%s)", host, port, gai_strerror(gai));
 
-	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf(stderr, "done.\nConnecting to %s (port %s) ... ", host, port);
+	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE) {
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Connecting to %s (port %s) ... ", host, port);
+	}
 
 	for (ai0 = ai; ai; ai = ai->ai_next, cnt++) {
 		sockfd = socket(ai->ai_family,

@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 	enable_keepalive(sockfd);
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf(stderr, "done.\n");
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
 
 	strbuf_release(&error_message);
 

@@ -701,18 +702,20 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 
 	he = gethostbyname(host);
 	if (!he)
-		die("Unable to look up %s (%s)", host, hstrerror(h_errno));
+		die("unable to look up %s (%s)", host, hstrerror(h_errno));
 	nport = strtoul(port, &ep, 10);
 	if ( ep == port || *ep ) {
 		/* Not numeric */
 		struct servent *se = getservbyname(port,"tcp");
 		if ( !se )
-			die("Unknown port %s", port);
+			die("unknown port %s", port);
 		nport = se->s_port;
 	}
 
-	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf(stderr, "done.\nConnecting to %s (port %s) ... ", host, port);
+	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE) {
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Connecting to %s (port %s) ... ", host, port);
+	}
 
 	for (cnt = 0, ap = he->h_addr_list; *ap; ap++, cnt++) {
 		memset(&sa, 0, sizeof sa);

@@ -745,7 +748,7 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 	enable_keepalive(sockfd);
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf(stderr, "done.\n");
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
 
 	return sockfd;
 }

@@ -921,7 +924,7 @@ static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
 		path = strchr(end, separator);
 
 	if (!path || !*path)
-		die("No path specified. See 'man git-pull' for valid url syntax");
+		die("no path specified; see 'git help pull' for valid url syntax");
 
 	/*
 	 * null-terminate hostname and point path to ~ for URL's like this:

index 64d0d30e08..f47e60022e 100644
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static enum eol output_eol(enum crlf_action crlf_action)
 		/* fall through */
 		return text_eol_is_crlf() ? EOL_CRLF : EOL_LF;
 	}
-	warning("Illegal crlf_action %d\n", (int)crlf_action);
+	warning("illegal crlf_action %d", (int)crlf_action);
 	return core_eol;
 }
 

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void check_global_conv_flags_eol(const char *path, enum crlf_action crlf_
 		 * CRLFs would not be restored by checkout
 		 */
 		if (conv_flags & CONV_EOL_RNDTRP_DIE)
-			die(_("CRLF would be replaced by LF in %s."), path);
+			die(_("CRLF would be replaced by LF in %s"), path);
 		else if (conv_flags & CONV_EOL_RNDTRP_WARN)
 			warning(_("CRLF will be replaced by LF in %s.\n"
 				  "The file will have its original line"

@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static int encode_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t src_len,
 				  &dst_len);
 	if (!dst) {
 		error("failed to encode '%s' from %s to %s",
-			path, default_encoding, enc);
+		      path, default_encoding, enc);
 		return 0;
 	}
 

index fe9bf58e4c..e1a2e1cffb 100644
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched,
 		if (found_dup)
 			continue;
 
-		error("pathspec '%s' did not match any file(s) known to git.",
+		error("pathspec '%s' did not match any file(s) known to git",
 		      pathspec->items[num].original);
 		errors++;
 	}

@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ static struct untracked_cache_dir *validate_untracked_cache(struct dir_struct *d
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!ident_in_untracked(dir->untracked)) {
-		warning(_("Untracked cache is disabled on this system or location."));
+		warning(_("untracked cache is disabled on this system or location"));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 

index a593c08aad..941e41dfc1 100644
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int get_packet_data(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_size,
 		if (options & PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF)
 			return -1;
 
-		die("The remote end hung up unexpectedly");
+		die("the remote end hung up unexpectedly");
 	}
 
 	return ret;

index 0eb379f931..a033910353 100644
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ int expand_ref(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **ref)
 			if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
 				break;
 		} else if ((flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && strcmp(fullref.buf, "HEAD")) {
-			warning("ignoring dangling symref %s.", fullref.buf);
+			warning("ignoring dangling symref %s", fullref.buf);
 		} else if ((flag & REF_ISBROKEN) && strchr(fullref.buf, '/')) {
-			warning("ignoring broken ref %s.", fullref.buf);
+			warning("ignoring broken ref %s", fullref.buf);
 		}
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&fullref);

@@ -871,13 +871,13 @@ static int read_ref_at_ent(struct object_id *ooid, struct object_id *noid,
 		if (!is_null_oid(&cb->ooid)) {
 			oidcpy(cb->oid, noid);
 			if (oidcmp(&cb->ooid, noid))
-				warning("Log for ref %s has gap after %s.",
+				warning("log for ref %s has gap after %s",
 					cb->refname, show_date(cb->date, cb->tz, DATE_MODE(RFC2822)));
 		}
 		else if (cb->date == cb->at_time)
 			oidcpy(cb->oid, noid);
 		else if (oidcmp(noid, cb->oid))
-			warning("Log for ref %s unexpectedly ended on %s.",
+			warning("log for ref %s unexpectedly ended on %s",
 				cb->refname, show_date(cb->date, cb->tz,
 						       DATE_MODE(RFC2822)));
 		oidcpy(&cb->ooid, ooid);

@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ int read_ref_at(const char *refname, unsigned int flags, timestamp_t at_time, in
 		if (flags & GET_OID_QUIETLY)
 			exit(128);
 		else
-			die("Log for %s is empty.", refname);
+			die("log for %s is empty", refname);
 	}
 	if (cb.found_it)
 		return 0;

@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ int ref_update_reject_duplicates(struct string_list *refnames,
 
 		if (!cmp) {
 			strbuf_addf(err,
-				    "multiple updates for ref '%s' not allowed.",
+				    "multiple updates for ref '%s' not allowed",
 				    refnames->items[i].string);
 			return 1;
 		} else if (cmp > 0) {

index e8010dce0c..c66351743b 100644
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void refspec_item_init_or_die(struct refspec_item *item, const char *refspec,
 			      int fetch)
 {
 	if (!refspec_item_init(item, refspec, fetch))
-		die("Invalid refspec '%s'", refspec);
+		die("invalid refspec '%s'", refspec);
 }
 
 void refspec_item_clear(struct refspec_item *item)

index 5354d4d51e..6b6162d194 100644
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static const char *action_name(const struct replay_opts *opts)
 	case REPLAY_INTERACTIVE_REBASE:
 		return N_("rebase -i");
 	}
-	die(_("Unknown action: %d"), opts->action);
+	die(_("unknown action: %d"), opts->action);
 }
 
 struct commit_message {

@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ static const char *command_to_string(const enum todo_command command)
 {
 	if (command < TODO_COMMENT)
 		return todo_command_info[command].str;
-	die("Unknown command: %d", command);
+	die("unknown command: %d", command);
 }
 
 static char command_to_char(const enum todo_command command)

@@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ static int error_with_patch(struct commit *commit,
 			"\n"
 			"  git rebase --continue\n", gpg_sign_opt_quoted(opts));
 	} else if (exit_code)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Could not apply %s... %.*s\n",
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, "Could not apply %s... %.*s",
 			short_commit_name(commit), subject_len, subject);
 
 	return exit_code;

@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ static int do_label(const char *name, int len)
 	struct object_id head_oid;
 
 	if (len == 1 && *name == '#')
-		return error("Illegal label name: '%.*s'", len, name);
+		return error("illegal label name: '%.*s'", len, name);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/rewritten/%.*s", len, name);
 	strbuf_addf(&msg, "rebase -i (label) '%.*s'", len, name);

index de4839e634..ed7ac73fa9 100644
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ static void git_hash_sha1_final(unsigned char *hash, git_hash_ctx *ctx)
 
 static void git_hash_unknown_init(git_hash_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	die("trying to init unknown hash");
+	BUG("trying to init unknown hash");
 }
 
 static void git_hash_unknown_update(git_hash_ctx *ctx, const void *data, size_t len)
 {
-	die("trying to update unknown hash");
+	BUG("trying to update unknown hash");
 }
 
 static void git_hash_unknown_final(unsigned char *hash, git_hash_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	die("trying to finalize unknown hash");
+	BUG("trying to finalize unknown hash");
 }
 
 const struct git_hash_algo hash_algos[GIT_HASH_NALGOS] = {

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int alt_odb_usable(struct raw_object_store *o,
 	/* Detect cases where alternate disappeared */
 	if (!is_directory(path->buf)) {
 		error("object directory %s does not exist; "
-		      "check .git/objects/info/alternates.",
+		      "check .git/objects/info/alternates",
 		      path->buf);
 		return 0;
 	}

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index a32da30dee..2f6a7cb4cd 100644
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_from_bundle(struct transport *transport,
 		close(data->fd);
 	data->fd = read_bundle_header(transport->url, &data->header);
 	if (data->fd < 0)
-		die ("Could not read bundle '%s'.", transport->url);
+		die("could not read bundle '%s'.", transport->url);
 	for (i = 0; i < data->header.references.nr; i++) {
 		struct ref_list_entry *e = data->header.references.list + i;
 		struct ref *ref = alloc_ref(e->name);

@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 	ret->progress = isatty(2);
 
 	if (!remote)
-		die("No remote provided to transport_get()");
+		BUG("No remote provided to transport_get()");
 
 	ret->got_remote_refs = 0;
 	ret->remote = remote;

@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ int transport_push(struct transport *transport,
 						      transport->push_options,
 						      pretend)) {
 				oid_array_clear(&commits);
-				die("Failed to push all needed submodules!");
+				die("failed to push all needed submodules!");
 			}
 			oid_array_clear(&commits);
 		}

@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ int transport_connect(struct transport *transport, const char *name,
 	if (transport->vtable->connect)
 		return transport->vtable->connect(transport, name, exec, fd);
 	else
-		die("Operation not supported by protocol");
+		die("operation not supported by protocol");
 }
 
 int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport)

index b6f58ddf38..68e72d9176 100644
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int stream_blocked(const struct object_id *oid)
 
 	st = open_istream(oid, &type, &sz, NULL);
 	if (!st)
-		return error("cannot stream blob %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
+		return error(_("cannot stream blob %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 	for (;;) {
 		readlen = read_istream(st, buf, sizeof(buf));
 		if (readlen <= 0)

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int write_tar_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		*header.typeflag = TYPEFLAG_REG;
 		mode = (mode | ((mode & 0100) ? 0777 : 0666)) & ~tar_umask;
 	} else {
-		return error("unsupported file mode: 0%o (SHA1: %s)",
+		return error(_("unsupported file mode: 0%o (SHA1: %s)"),
 			     mode, oid_to_hex(oid));
 	}
 	if (pathlen > sizeof(header.name)) {

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int write_tar_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		enum object_type type;
 		buffer = object_file_to_archive(args, path, oid, old_mode, &type, &size);
 		if (!buffer)
-			return error("cannot read %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
+			return error(_("cannot read %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 	} else {
 		buffer = NULL;
 		size = 0;

@@ -454,17 +454,17 @@ static int write_tar_filter_archive(const struct archiver *ar,
 	filter.in = -1;
 
 	if (start_command(&filter) < 0)
-		die_errno("unable to start '%s' filter", argv[0]);
+		die_errno(_("unable to start '%s' filter"), argv[0]);
 	close(1);
 	if (dup2(filter.in, 1) < 0)
-		die_errno("unable to redirect descriptor");
+		die_errno(_("unable to redirect descriptor"));
 	close(filter.in);
 
 	r = write_tar_archive(ar, args);
 
 	close(1);
 	if (finish_command(&filter) != 0)
-		die("'%s' filter reported error", argv[0]);
+		die(_("'%s' filter reported error"), argv[0]);
 
 	strbuf_release(&cmd);
 	return r;

index 48d843489c..7ad46d8854 100644
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		if (is_utf8(path))
 			flags |= ZIP_UTF8;
 		else
-			warning("path is not valid UTF-8: %s", path);
+			warning(_("path is not valid UTF-8: %s"), path);
 	}
 
 	if (pathlen > 0xffff) {
-		return error("path too long (%d chars, SHA1: %s): %s",
+		return error(_("path too long (%d chars, SHA1: %s): %s"),
 				(int)pathlen, oid_to_hex(oid), path);
 	}
 

@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		    size > big_file_threshold) {
 			stream = open_istream(oid, &type, &size, NULL);
 			if (!stream)
-				return error("cannot stream blob %s",
+				return error(_("cannot stream blob %s"),
 					     oid_to_hex(oid));
 			flags |= ZIP_STREAM;
 			out = buffer = NULL;

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 			buffer = object_file_to_archive(args, path, oid, mode,
 							&type, &size);
 			if (!buffer)
-				return error("cannot read %s",
+				return error(_("cannot read %s"),
 					     oid_to_hex(oid));
 			crc = crc32(crc, buffer, size);
 			is_binary = entry_is_binary(path_without_prefix,

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 		}
 		compressed_size = (method == 0) ? size : 0;
 	} else {
-		return error("unsupported file mode: 0%o (SHA1: %s)", mode,
+		return error(_("unsupported file mode: 0%o (SHA1: %s)"), mode,
 				oid_to_hex(oid));
 	}
 

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int write_zip_entry(struct archiver_args *args,
 			zstream.avail_in = readlen;
 			result = git_deflate(&zstream, 0);
 			if (result != Z_OK)
-				die("deflate error (%d)", result);
+				die(_("deflate error (%d)"), result);
 			out_len = zstream.next_out - compressed;
 
 			if (out_len > 0) {

@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static void dos_time(timestamp_t *timestamp, int *dos_date, int *dos_time)
 	struct tm *t;
 
 	if (date_overflows(*timestamp))
-		die("timestamp too large for this system: %"PRItime,
+		die(_("timestamp too large for this system: %"PRItime),
 		    *timestamp);
 	time = (time_t)*timestamp;
 	t = localtime(&time);

index ebeb4c5638..3c26df6c48 100644
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int option_parse_type(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
 		 * --int' and '--type=bool
 		 * --type=int'.
 		 */
-		error("only one type at a time");
+		error(_("only one type at a time"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage,
 			builtin_config_options);
 	}

@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ static void check_argc(int argc, int min, int max) {
 	if (argc >= min && argc <= max)
 		return;
 	if (min == max)
-		error("wrong number of arguments, should be %d", min);
+		error(_("wrong number of arguments, should be %d"), min);
 	else
-		error("wrong number of arguments, should be from %d to %d",
+		error(_("wrong number of arguments, should be from %d to %d"),
 		      min, max);
 	usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 }

@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 		key_regexp = (regex_t*)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 		if (regcomp(key_regexp, key, REG_EXTENDED)) {
-			error("invalid key pattern: %s", key_);
+			error(_("invalid key pattern: %s"), key_);
 			FREE_AND_NULL(key_regexp);
 			ret = CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN;
 			goto free_strings;

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 		regexp = (regex_t*)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 		if (regcomp(regexp, regex_, REG_EXTENDED)) {
-			error("invalid pattern: %s", regex_);
+			error(_("invalid pattern: %s"), regex_);
 			FREE_AND_NULL(regexp);
 			ret = CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN;
 			goto free_strings;

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static char *normalize_value(const char *key, const char *value)
 	if (type == TYPE_COLOR) {
 		char v[COLOR_MAXLEN];
 		if (git_config_color(v, key, value))
-			die("cannot parse color '%s'", value);
+			die(_("cannot parse color '%s'"), value);
 
 		/*
 		 * The contents of `v` now contain an ANSI escape

@@ -485,13 +485,13 @@ static int get_colorbool(const char *var, int print)
 static void check_write(void)
 {
 	if (!given_config_source.file && !startup_info->have_repository)
-		die("not in a git directory");
+		die(_("not in a git directory"));
 
 	if (given_config_source.use_stdin)
-		die("writing to stdin is not supported");
+		die(_("writing to stdin is not supported"));
 
 	if (given_config_source.blob)
-		die("writing config blobs is not supported");
+		die(_("writing config blobs is not supported"));
 }
 
 struct urlmatch_current_candidate_value {

@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (use_global_config + use_system_config + use_local_config +
 	    !!given_config_source.file + !!given_config_source.blob > 1) {
-		error("only one config file at a time");
+		error(_("only one config file at a time"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 

@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 * location; error out even if XDG_CONFIG_HOME
 			 * is set and points at a sane location.
 			 */
-			die("$HOME is not set");
+			die(_("$HOME is not set"));
 
 		if (access_or_warn(user_config, R_OK, 0) &&
 		    xdg_config && !access_or_warn(xdg_config, R_OK, 0)) {

@@ -663,12 +663,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if ((actions & (ACTION_GET_COLOR|ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL)) && type) {
-		error("--get-color and variable type are incoherent");
+		error(_("--get-color and variable type are incoherent"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 
 	if (HAS_MULTI_BITS(actions)) {
-		error("only one action at a time");
+		error(_("only one action at a time"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 	if (actions == 0)

@@ -681,19 +681,19 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	if (omit_values &&
 	    !(actions == ACTION_LIST || actions == ACTION_GET_REGEXP)) {
-		error("--name-only is only applicable to --list or --get-regexp");
+		error(_("--name-only is only applicable to --list or --get-regexp"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 
 	if (show_origin && !(actions &
 		(ACTION_GET|ACTION_GET_ALL|ACTION_GET_REGEXP|ACTION_LIST))) {
-		error("--show-origin is only applicable to --get, --get-all, "
-			  "--get-regexp, and --list.");
+		error(_("--show-origin is only applicable to --get, --get-all, "
+			"--get-regexp, and --list"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage, builtin_config_options);
 	}
 
 	if (default_value && !(actions & ACTION_GET)) {
-		error("--default is only applicable to --get");
+		error(_("--default is only applicable to --get"));
 		usage_with_options(builtin_config_usage,
 			builtin_config_options);
 	}

@@ -707,10 +707,10 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 					&given_config_source,
 					&config_options) < 0) {
 			if (given_config_source.file)
-				die_errno("unable to read config file '%s'",
+				die_errno(_("unable to read config file '%s'"),
 					  given_config_source.file);
 			else
-				die("error processing config file(s)");
+				die(_("error processing config file(s)"));
 		}
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_EDIT) {

@@ -718,11 +718,11 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
 		if (!given_config_source.file && nongit)
-			die("not in a git directory");
+			die(_("not in a git directory"));
 		if (given_config_source.use_stdin)
-			die("editing stdin is not supported");
+			die(_("editing stdin is not supported"));
 		if (given_config_source.blob)
-			die("editing blobs is not supported");
+			die(_("editing blobs is not supported"));
 		git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 		config_file = given_config_source.file ?
 				xstrdup(given_config_source.file) :

@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		if (ret == 0)
-			die("no such section: %s", argv[0]);
+			die(_("no such section: %s"), argv[0]);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_REMOVE_SECTION) {
 		int ret;

@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		if (ret == 0)
-			die("no such section: %s", argv[0]);
+			die(_("no such section: %s"), argv[0]);
 	}
 	else if (actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR) {
 		check_argc(argc, 1, 2);

index 9774920999..58f941e951 100644
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, struct repository *repo,
 	}
 
 	if (repo_read_index(repo) < 0)
-		die("index file corrupt");
+		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 
 	for (nr = 0; nr < repo->index->cache_nr; nr++) {
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = repo->index->cache[nr];

index 1a6ece425d..5c697279a9 100644
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void *get_delta(struct object_entry *entry)
 
 	buf = read_object_file(&entry->idx.oid, &type, &size);
 	if (!buf)
-		die("unable to read %s", oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
+		die(_("unable to read %s"), oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
 	base_buf = read_object_file(&DELTA(entry)->idx.oid, &type,
 				    &base_size);
 	if (!base_buf)

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void *get_delta(struct object_entry *entry)
 	delta_buf = diff_delta(base_buf, base_size,
 			       buf, size, &delta_size, 0);
 	if (!delta_buf || delta_size != DELTA_SIZE(entry))
-		die("delta size changed");
+		die(_("delta size changed"));
 	free(buf);
 	free(base_buf);
 	return delta_buf;

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static off_t write_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_entry *entry,
 	datalen = revidx[1].offset - offset;
 	if (!pack_to_stdout && p->index_version > 1 &&
 	    check_pack_crc(p, &w_curs, offset, datalen, revidx->nr)) {
-		error("bad packed object CRC for %s",
+		error(_("bad packed object CRC for %s"),
 		      oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
 		unuse_pack(&w_curs);
 		return write_no_reuse_object(f, entry, limit, usable_delta);

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static off_t write_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_entry *entry,
 
 	if (!pack_to_stdout && p->index_version == 1 &&
 	    check_pack_inflate(p, &w_curs, offset, datalen, entry_size)) {
-		error("corrupt packed object for %s",
+		error(_("corrupt packed object for %s"),
 		      oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
 		unuse_pack(&w_curs);
 		return write_no_reuse_object(f, entry, limit, usable_delta);

@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static enum write_one_status write_one(struct hashfile *f,
 	 */
 	recursing = (e->idx.offset == 1);
 	if (recursing) {
-		warning("recursive delta detected for object %s",
+		warning(_("recursive delta detected for object %s"),
 			oid_to_hex(&e->idx.oid));
 		return WRITE_ONE_RECURSIVE;
 	} else if (e->idx.offset || e->preferred_base) {

@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static enum write_one_status write_one(struct hashfile *f,
 
 	/* make sure off_t is sufficiently large not to wrap */
 	if (signed_add_overflows(*offset, size))
-		die("pack too large for current definition of off_t");
+		die(_("pack too large for current definition of off_t"));
 	*offset += size;
 	return WRITE_ONE_WRITTEN;
 }

@@ -748,7 +748,8 @@ static struct object_entry **compute_write_order(void)
 	}
 
 	if (wo_end != to_pack.nr_objects)
-		die("ordered %u objects, expected %"PRIu32, wo_end, to_pack.nr_objects);
+		die(_("ordered %u objects, expected %"PRIu32),
+		    wo_end, to_pack.nr_objects);
 
 	return wo;
 }

@@ -760,15 +761,15 @@ static off_t write_reused_pack(struct hashfile *f)
 	int fd;
 
 	if (!is_pack_valid(reuse_packfile))
-		die("packfile is invalid: %s", reuse_packfile->pack_name);
+		die(_("packfile is invalid: %s"), reuse_packfile->pack_name);
 
 	fd = git_open(reuse_packfile->pack_name);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		die_errno("unable to open packfile for reuse: %s",
+		die_errno(_("unable to open packfile for reuse: %s"),
 			  reuse_packfile->pack_name);
 
 	if (lseek(fd, sizeof(struct pack_header), SEEK_SET) == -1)
-		die_errno("unable to seek in reused packfile");
+		die_errno(_("unable to seek in reused packfile"));
 
 	if (reuse_packfile_offset < 0)
 		reuse_packfile_offset = reuse_packfile->pack_size - the_hash_algo->rawsz;

@@ -779,7 +780,7 @@ static off_t write_reused_pack(struct hashfile *f)
 		int read_pack = xread(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
 		if (read_pack <= 0)
-			die_errno("unable to read from reused packfile");
+			die_errno(_("unable to read from reused packfile"));
 
 		if (read_pack > to_write)
 			read_pack = to_write;

@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 			 * to preserve this property.
 			 */
 			if (stat(pack_tmp_name, &st) < 0) {
-				warning_errno("failed to stat %s", pack_tmp_name);
+				warning_errno(_("failed to stat %s"), pack_tmp_name);
 			} else if (!last_mtime) {
 				last_mtime = st.st_mtime;
 			} else {

@@ -890,7 +891,7 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 				utb.actime = st.st_atime;
 				utb.modtime = --last_mtime;
 				if (utime(pack_tmp_name, &utb) < 0)
-					warning_errno("failed utime() on %s", pack_tmp_name);
+					warning_errno(_("failed utime() on %s"), pack_tmp_name);
 			}
 
 			strbuf_addf(&tmpname, "%s-", base_name);

@@ -935,8 +936,8 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 	free(write_order);
 	stop_progress(&progress_state);
 	if (written != nr_result)
-		die("wrote %"PRIu32" objects while expecting %"PRIu32,
-			written, nr_result);
+		die(_("wrote %"PRIu32" objects while expecting %"PRIu32),
+		    written, nr_result);
 }
 
 static int no_try_delta(const char *path)

@@ -1480,7 +1481,7 @@ static void check_object(struct object_entry *entry)
 			while (c & 128) {
 				ofs += 1;
 				if (!ofs || MSB(ofs, 7)) {
-					error("delta base offset overflow in pack for %s",
+					error(_("delta base offset overflow in pack for %s"),
 					      oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
 					goto give_up;
 				}

@@ -1489,7 +1490,7 @@ static void check_object(struct object_entry *entry)
 			}
 			ofs = entry->in_pack_offset - ofs;
 			if (ofs <= 0 || ofs >= entry->in_pack_offset) {
-				error("delta base offset out of bound for %s",
+				error(_("delta base offset out of bound for %s"),
 				      oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
 				goto give_up;
 			}

@@ -1974,10 +1975,10 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
 		trg->data = read_object_file(&trg_entry->idx.oid, &type, &sz);
 		read_unlock();
 		if (!trg->data)
-			die("object %s cannot be read",
+			die(_("object %s cannot be read"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&trg_entry->idx.oid));
 		if (sz != trg_size)
-			die("object %s inconsistent object length (%lu vs %lu)",
+			die(_("object %s inconsistent object length (%lu vs %lu)"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&trg_entry->idx.oid), sz,
 			    trg_size);
 		*mem_usage += sz;

@@ -1990,7 +1991,7 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
 			if (src_entry->preferred_base) {
 				static int warned = 0;
 				if (!warned++)
-					warning("object %s cannot be read",
+					warning(_("object %s cannot be read"),
 						oid_to_hex(&src_entry->idx.oid));
 				/*
 				 * Those objects are not included in the

@@ -2000,11 +2001,11 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
 				 */
 				return 0;
 			}
-			die("object %s cannot be read",
+			die(_("object %s cannot be read"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&src_entry->idx.oid));
 		}
 		if (sz != src_size)
-			die("object %s inconsistent object length (%lu vs %lu)",
+			die(_("object %s inconsistent object length (%lu vs %lu)"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&src_entry->idx.oid), sz,
 			    src_size);
 		*mem_usage += sz;

@@ -2014,7 +2015,7 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
 		if (!src->index) {
 			static int warned = 0;
 			if (!warned++)
-				warning("suboptimal pack - out of memory");
+				warning(_("suboptimal pack - out of memory"));
 			return 0;
 		}
 		*mem_usage += sizeof_delta_index(src->index);

@@ -2341,8 +2342,8 @@ static void ll_find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, unsigned list_size,
 		return;
 	}
 	if (progress > pack_to_stdout)
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, "Delta compression using up to %d threads.",
-				delta_search_threads);
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Delta compression using up to %d threads"),
+			   delta_search_threads);
 	p = xcalloc(delta_search_threads, sizeof(*p));
 
 	/* Partition the work amongst work threads. */

@@ -2382,7 +2383,7 @@ static void ll_find_deltas(struct object_entry **list, unsigned list_size,
 		ret = pthread_create(&p[i].thread, NULL,
 				     threaded_find_deltas, &p[i]);
 		if (ret)
-			die("unable to create thread: %s", strerror(ret));
+			die(_("unable to create thread: %s"), strerror(ret));
 		active_threads++;
 	}
 

@@ -2477,7 +2478,7 @@ static void add_tag_chain(const struct object_id *oid)
 	tag = lookup_tag(oid);
 	while (1) {
 		if (!tag || parse_tag(tag) || !tag->tagged)
-			die("unable to pack objects reachable from tag %s",
+			die(_("unable to pack objects reachable from tag %s"),
 			    oid_to_hex(oid));
 
 		add_object_entry(&tag->object.oid, OBJ_TAG, NULL, 0);

@@ -2543,7 +2544,7 @@ static void prepare_pack(int window, int depth)
 		if (!entry->preferred_base) {
 			nr_deltas++;
 			if (oe_type(entry) < 0)
-				die("unable to get type of object %s",
+				die(_("unable to get type of object %s"),
 				    oid_to_hex(&entry->idx.oid));
 		} else {
 			if (oe_type(entry) < 0) {

@@ -2567,7 +2568,7 @@ static void prepare_pack(int window, int depth)
 		ll_find_deltas(delta_list, n, window+1, depth, &nr_done);
 		stop_progress(&progress_state);
 		if (nr_done != nr_deltas)
-			die("inconsistency with delta count");
+			die(_("inconsistency with delta count"));
 	}
 	free(delta_list);
 }

@@ -2607,11 +2608,11 @@ static int git_pack_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 	if (!strcmp(k, "pack.threads")) {
 		delta_search_threads = git_config_int(k, v);
 		if (delta_search_threads < 0)
-			die("invalid number of threads specified (%d)",
+			die(_("invalid number of threads specified (%d)"),
 			    delta_search_threads);
 #ifdef NO_PTHREADS
 		if (delta_search_threads != 1) {
-			warning("no threads support, ignoring %s", k);
+			warning(_("no threads support, ignoring %s"), k);
 			delta_search_threads = 0;
 		}
 #endif

@@ -2620,7 +2621,7 @@ static int git_pack_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 	if (!strcmp(k, "pack.indexversion")) {
 		pack_idx_opts.version = git_config_int(k, v);
 		if (pack_idx_opts.version > 2)
-			die("bad pack.indexversion=%"PRIu32,
+			die(_("bad pack.indexversion=%"PRIu32),
 			    pack_idx_opts.version);
 		return 0;
 	}

@@ -2646,13 +2647,13 @@ static void read_object_list_from_stdin(void)
 		}
 		if (line[0] == '-') {
 			if (get_oid_hex(line+1, &oid))
-				die("expected edge object ID, got garbage:\n %s",
+				die(_("expected edge object ID, got garbage:\n %s"),
 				    line);
 			add_preferred_base(&oid);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (parse_oid_hex(line, &oid, &p))
-			die("expected object ID, got garbage:\n %s", line);
+			die(_("expected object ID, got garbage:\n %s"), line);
 
 		add_preferred_base_object(p + 1);
 		add_object_entry(&oid, OBJ_NONE, p + 1, 0);

@@ -2791,7 +2792,7 @@ static void add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(struct rev_info *revs)
 		if (!p->pack_local || p->pack_keep || p->pack_keep_in_core)
 			continue;
 		if (open_pack_index(p))
-			die("cannot open pack index");
+			die(_("cannot open pack index"));
 
 		ALLOC_GROW(in_pack.array,
 			   in_pack.nr + p->num_objects,

@@ -2822,7 +2823,7 @@ static int add_loose_object(const struct object_id *oid, const char *path,
 	enum object_type type = oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL);
 
 	if (type < 0) {
-		warning("loose object at %s could not be examined", path);
+		warning(_("loose object at %s could not be examined"), path);
 		return 0;
 	}
 

@@ -2899,7 +2900,7 @@ static void loosen_unused_packed_objects(struct rev_info *revs)
 			continue;
 
 		if (open_pack_index(p))
-			die("cannot open pack index");
+			die(_("cannot open pack index"));
 
 		for (i = 0; i < p->num_objects; i++) {
 			nth_packed_object_oid(&oid, p, i);

@@ -2907,7 +2908,7 @@ static void loosen_unused_packed_objects(struct rev_info *revs)
 			    !has_sha1_pack_kept_or_nonlocal(&oid) &&
 			    !loosened_object_can_be_discarded(&oid, p->mtime))
 				if (force_object_loose(&oid, p->mtime))
-					die("unable to force loose object");
+					die(_("unable to force loose object"));
 		}
 	}
 }

@@ -2991,17 +2992,17 @@ static void get_object_list(int ac, const char **av)
 				use_bitmap_index = 0;
 				continue;
 			}
-			die("not a rev '%s'", line);
+			die(_("not a rev '%s'"), line);
 		}
 		if (handle_revision_arg(line, &revs, flags, REVARG_CANNOT_BE_FILENAME))
-			die("bad revision '%s'", line);
+			die(_("bad revision '%s'"), line);
 	}
 
 	if (use_bitmap_index && !get_object_list_from_bitmap(&revs))
 		return;
 
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
-		die("revision walk setup failed");
+		die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
 	mark_edges_uninteresting(&revs, show_edge);
 
 	if (!fn_show_object)

@@ -3014,9 +3015,9 @@ static void get_object_list(int ac, const char **av)
 		revs.ignore_missing_links = 1;
 		if (add_unseen_recent_objects_to_traversal(&revs,
 				unpack_unreachable_expiration))
-			die("unable to add recent objects");
+			die(_("unable to add recent objects"));
 		if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
-			die("revision walk setup failed");
+			die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
 		traverse_commit_list(&revs, record_recent_commit,
 				     record_recent_object, NULL);
 	}

@@ -3251,35 +3252,35 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (pack_compression_level == -1)
 		pack_compression_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
 	else if (pack_compression_level < 0 || pack_compression_level > Z_BEST_COMPRESSION)
-		die("bad pack compression level %d", pack_compression_level);
+		die(_("bad pack compression level %d"), pack_compression_level);
 
 	if (!delta_search_threads)	/* --threads=0 means autodetect */
 		delta_search_threads = online_cpus();
 
 #ifdef NO_PTHREADS
 	if (delta_search_threads != 1)
-		warning("no threads support, ignoring --threads");
+		warning(_("no threads support, ignoring --threads"));
 #endif
 	if (!pack_to_stdout && !pack_size_limit)
 		pack_size_limit = pack_size_limit_cfg;
 	if (pack_to_stdout && pack_size_limit)
-		die("--max-pack-size cannot be used to build a pack for transfer.");
+		die(_("--max-pack-size cannot be used to build a pack for transfer"));
 	if (pack_size_limit && pack_size_limit < 1024*1024) {
-		warning("minimum pack size limit is 1 MiB");
+		warning(_("minimum pack size limit is 1 MiB"));
 		pack_size_limit = 1024*1024;
 	}
 
 	if (!pack_to_stdout && thin)
-		die("--thin cannot be used to build an indexable pack.");
+		die(_("--thin cannot be used to build an indexable pack"));
 
 	if (keep_unreachable && unpack_unreachable)
-		die("--keep-unreachable and --unpack-unreachable are incompatible.");
+		die(_("--keep-unreachable and --unpack-unreachable are incompatible"));
 	if (!rev_list_all || !rev_list_reflog || !rev_list_index)
 		unpack_unreachable_expiration = 0;
 
 	if (filter_options.choice) {
 		if (!pack_to_stdout)
-			die("cannot use --filter without --stdout.");
+			die(_("cannot use --filter without --stdout"));
 		use_bitmap_index = 0;
 	}
 

@@ -3353,8 +3354,9 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		prepare_pack(window, depth);
 	write_pack_file();
 	if (progress)
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, "Total %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32"),"
-			   " reused %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32")",
-			   written, written_delta, reused, reused_delta);
+		fprintf_ln(stderr,
+			   _("Total %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32"),"
+			     " reused %"PRIu32" (delta %"PRIu32")"),
+			written, written_delta, reused, reused_delta);
 	return 0;
 }

index de826e8209..c77b325aa1 100644
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int show_reference(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 			enum object_type obj_type, repl_type;
 
 			if (get_oid(refname, &object))
-				return error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref", refname);
+				return error(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref"), refname);
 
 			obj_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &object,
 						   NULL);

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ static int list_replace_refs(const char *pattern, const char *format)
 	else if (!strcmp(format, "long"))
 		data.format = REPLACE_FORMAT_LONG;
 	else
-		return error("invalid replace format '%s'\n"
-			     "valid formats are 'short', 'medium' and 'long'\n",
+		return error(_("invalid replace format '%s'\n"
+			       "valid formats are 'short', 'medium' and 'long'"),
 			     format);
 
 	for_each_replace_ref(the_repository, show_reference, (void *)&data);

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int for_each_replace_name(const char **argv, each_replace_name_fn fn)
 		full_hex = ref.buf + base_len;
 
 		if (read_ref(ref.buf, &oid)) {
-			error("replace ref '%s' not found", full_hex);
+			error(_("replace ref '%s' not found"), full_hex);
 			had_error = 1;
 			continue;
 		}

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int delete_replace_ref(const char *name, const char *ref,
 {
 	if (delete_ref(NULL, ref, oid, 0))
 		return 1;
-	printf_ln("Deleted replace ref '%s'", name);
+	printf_ln(_("Deleted replace ref '%s'"), name);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ static int check_ref_valid(struct object_id *object,
 	strbuf_reset(ref);
 	strbuf_addf(ref, "%s%s", git_replace_ref_base, oid_to_hex(object));
 	if (check_refname_format(ref->buf, 0))
-		return error("'%s' is not a valid ref name", ref->buf);
+		return error(_("'%s' is not a valid ref name"), ref->buf);
 
 	if (read_ref(ref->buf, prev))
 		oidclr(prev);
 	else if (!force)
-		return error("replace ref '%s' already exists", ref->buf);
+		return error(_("replace ref '%s' already exists"), ref->buf);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ static int replace_object_oid(const char *object_ref,
 	obj_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, object, NULL);
 	repl_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, repl, NULL);
 	if (!force && obj_type != repl_type)
-		return error("Objects must be of the same type.\n"
-			     "'%s' points to a replaced object of type '%s'\n"
-			     "while '%s' points to a replacement object of "
-			     "type '%s'.",
+		return error(_("Objects must be of the same type.\n"
+			       "'%s' points to a replaced object of type '%s'\n"
+			       "while '%s' points to a replacement object of "
+			       "type '%s'."),
 			     object_ref, type_name(obj_type),
 			     replace_ref, type_name(repl_type));
 

@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ static int replace_object(const char *object_ref, const char *replace_ref, int f
 	struct object_id object, repl;
 
 	if (get_oid(object_ref, &object))
-		return error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref",
+		return error(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref"),
 			     object_ref);
 	if (get_oid(replace_ref, &repl))
-		return error("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref",
+		return error(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref"),
 			     replace_ref);
 
 	return replace_object_oid(object_ref, &object, replace_ref, &repl, force);

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int export_object(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 
 	fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		return error_errno("unable to open %s for writing", filename);
+		return error_errno(_("unable to open %s for writing"), filename);
 
 	argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "--no-replace-objects");
 	argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "cat-file");

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int export_object(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 	cmd.out = fd;
 
 	if (run_command(&cmd))
-		return error("cat-file reported failure");
+		return error(_("cat-file reported failure"));
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int import_object(struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 
 	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		return error_errno("unable to open %s for reading", filename);
+		return error_errno(_("unable to open %s for reading"), filename);
 
 	if (!raw && type == OBJ_TREE) {
 		const char *argv[] = { "mktree", NULL };

@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ static int import_object(struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 
 		if (start_command(&cmd)) {
 			close(fd);
-			return error("unable to spawn mktree");
+			return error(_("unable to spawn mktree"));
 		}
 
 		if (strbuf_read(&result, cmd.out, 41) < 0) {
-			error_errno("unable to read from mktree");
+			error_errno(_("unable to read from mktree"));
 			close(fd);
 			close(cmd.out);
 			return -1;

@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ static int import_object(struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 
 		if (finish_command(&cmd)) {
 			strbuf_release(&result);
-			return error("mktree reported failure");
+			return error(_("mktree reported failure"));
 		}
 		if (get_oid_hex(result.buf, oid) < 0) {
 			strbuf_release(&result);
-			return error("mktree did not return an object name");
+			return error(_("mktree did not return an object name"));
 		}
 
 		strbuf_release(&result);

@@ -291,12 +291,12 @@ static int import_object(struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 		int flags = HASH_FORMAT_CHECK | HASH_WRITE_OBJECT;
 
 		if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0) {
-			error_errno("unable to fstat %s", filename);
+			error_errno(_("unable to fstat %s"), filename);
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 		if (index_fd(oid, fd, &st, type, NULL, flags) < 0)
-			return error("unable to write object to database");
+			return error(_("unable to write object to database"));
 		/* index_fd close()s fd for us */
 	}
 

@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ static int edit_and_replace(const char *object_ref, int force, int raw)
 	struct strbuf ref = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (get_oid(object_ref, &old_oid) < 0)
-		return error("not a valid object name: '%s'", object_ref);
+		return error(_("not a valid object name: '%s'"), object_ref);
 
 	type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &old_oid, NULL);
 	if (type < 0)
-		return error("unable to get object type for %s",
+		return error(_("unable to get object type for %s"),
 			     oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
 
 	if (check_ref_valid(&old_oid, &prev, &ref, force)) {

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static int edit_and_replace(const char *object_ref, int force, int raw)
 	}
 	if (launch_editor(tmpfile, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
 		free(tmpfile);
-		return error("editing object file failed");
+		return error(_("editing object file failed"));
 	}
 	if (import_object(&new_oid, type, raw, tmpfile)) {
 		free(tmpfile);

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int edit_and_replace(const char *object_ref, int force, int raw)
 	free(tmpfile);
 
 	if (!oidcmp(&old_oid, &new_oid))
-		return error("new object is the same as the old one: '%s'", oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
+		return error(_("new object is the same as the old one: '%s'"), oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
 
 	return replace_object_oid(object_ref, &old_oid, "replacement", &new_oid, force);
 }

@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ static int create_graft(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int gentle)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (remove_signature(&buf)) {
-		warning(_("the original commit '%s' has a gpg signature."), old_ref);
-		warning(_("the signature will be removed in the replacement commit!"));
-	}
+	if (remove_signature(&buf))
+		warning(_("the original commit '%s' has a gpg signature.\n"
+			  "The signature will be removed in the replacement commit!"),
+			old_ref);
 
 	if (check_mergetags(commit, argc, argv)) {
 		strbuf_release(&buf);

@@ -476,10 +476,10 @@ static int create_graft(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int gentle)
 
 	if (!oidcmp(&old_oid, &new_oid)) {
 		if (gentle) {
-			warning("graft for '%s' unnecessary", oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
+			warning(_("graft for '%s' unnecessary"), oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
 			return 0;
 		}
-		return error("new commit is the same as the old one: '%s'", oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
+		return error(_("new commit is the same as the old one: '%s'"), oid_to_hex(&old_oid));
 	}
 
 	return replace_object_oid(old_ref, &old_oid, "replacement", &new_oid, force);

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ int cmd_replace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		cmdmode = argc ? MODE_REPLACE : MODE_LIST;
 
 	if (format && cmdmode != MODE_LIST)
-		usage_msg_opt("--format cannot be used when not listing",
+		usage_msg_opt(_("--format cannot be used when not listing"),
 			      git_replace_usage, options);
 
 	if (force &&

@@ -561,47 +561,47 @@ int cmd_replace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	    cmdmode != MODE_EDIT &&
 	    cmdmode != MODE_GRAFT &&
 	    cmdmode != MODE_CONVERT_GRAFT_FILE)
-		usage_msg_opt("-f only makes sense when writing a replacement",
+		usage_msg_opt(_("-f only makes sense when writing a replacement"),
 			      git_replace_usage, options);
 
 	if (raw && cmdmode != MODE_EDIT)
-		usage_msg_opt("--raw only makes sense with --edit",
+		usage_msg_opt(_("--raw only makes sense with --edit"),
 			      git_replace_usage, options);
 
 	switch (cmdmode) {
 	case MODE_DELETE:
 		if (argc < 1)
-			usage_msg_opt("-d needs at least one argument",
+			usage_msg_opt(_("-d needs at least one argument"),
 				      git_replace_usage, options);
 		return for_each_replace_name(argv, delete_replace_ref);
 
 	case MODE_REPLACE:
 		if (argc != 2)
-			usage_msg_opt("bad number of arguments",
+			usage_msg_opt(_("bad number of arguments"),
 				      git_replace_usage, options);
 		return replace_object(argv[0], argv[1], force);
 
 	case MODE_EDIT:
 		if (argc != 1)
-			usage_msg_opt("-e needs exactly one argument",
+			usage_msg_opt(_("-e needs exactly one argument"),
 				      git_replace_usage, options);
 		return edit_and_replace(argv[0], force, raw);
 
 	case MODE_GRAFT:
 		if (argc < 1)
-			usage_msg_opt("-g needs at least one argument",
+			usage_msg_opt(_("-g needs at least one argument"),
 				      git_replace_usage, options);
 		return create_graft(argc, argv, force, 0);
 
 	case MODE_CONVERT_GRAFT_FILE:
 		if (argc != 0)
-			usage_msg_opt("--convert-graft-file takes no argument",
+			usage_msg_opt(_("--convert-graft-file takes no argument"),
 				      git_replace_usage, options);
 		return !!convert_graft_file(force);
 
 	case MODE_LIST:
 		if (argc > 1)
-			usage_msg_opt("only one pattern can be given with -l",
+			usage_msg_opt(_("only one pattern can be given with -l"),
 				      git_replace_usage, options);
 		return list_replace_refs(argv[0], format);
 

index b63a1fc85e..c8d521923c 100644
@@ -77,28 +77,28 @@ struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one(const char *graph_file)
 
 	if (graph_size < GRAPH_MIN_SIZE) {
 		close(fd);
-		die("graph file %s is too small", graph_file);
+		die(_("graph file %s is too small"), graph_file);
 	}
 	graph_map = xmmap(NULL, graph_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
 	data = (const unsigned char *)graph_map;
 
 	graph_signature = get_be32(data);
 	if (graph_signature != GRAPH_SIGNATURE) {
-		error("graph signature %X does not match signature %X",
+		error(_("graph signature %X does not match signature %X"),
 		      graph_signature, GRAPH_SIGNATURE);
 		goto cleanup_fail;
 	}
 
 	graph_version = *(unsigned char*)(data + 4);
 	if (graph_version != GRAPH_VERSION) {
-		error("graph version %X does not match version %X",
+		error(_("graph version %X does not match version %X"),
 		      graph_version, GRAPH_VERSION);
 		goto cleanup_fail;
 	}
 
 	hash_version = *(unsigned char*)(data + 5);
 	if (hash_version != GRAPH_OID_VERSION) {
-		error("hash version %X does not match version %X",
+		error(_("hash version %X does not match version %X"),
 		      hash_version, GRAPH_OID_VERSION);
 		goto cleanup_fail;
 	}

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one(const char *graph_file)
 		chunk_lookup += GRAPH_CHUNKLOOKUP_WIDTH;
 
 		if (chunk_offset > graph_size - GIT_MAX_RAWSZ) {
-			error("improper chunk offset %08x%08x", (uint32_t)(chunk_offset >> 32),
+			error(_("improper chunk offset %08x%08x"), (uint32_t)(chunk_offset >> 32),
 			      (uint32_t)chunk_offset);
 			goto cleanup_fail;
 		}

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ struct commit_graph *load_commit_graph_one(const char *graph_file)
 		}
 
 		if (chunk_repeated) {
-			error("chunk id %08x appears multiple times", chunk_id);
+			error(_("chunk id %08x appears multiple times"), chunk_id);
 			goto cleanup_fail;
 		}
 

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static struct commit_list **insert_parent_or_die(struct commit_graph *g,
 	hashcpy(oid.hash, g->chunk_oid_lookup + g->hash_len * pos);
 	c = lookup_commit(&oid);
 	if (!c)
-		die("could not find commit %s", oid_to_hex(&oid));
+		die(_("could not find commit %s"), oid_to_hex(&oid));
 	c->graph_pos = pos;
 	return &commit_list_insert(c, pptr)->next;
 }

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int add_packed_commits(const struct object_id *oid,
 
 	oi.typep = &type;
 	if (packed_object_info(the_repository, pack, offset, &oi) < 0)
-		die("unable to get type of object %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
+		die(_("unable to get type of object %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 
 	if (type != OBJ_COMMIT)
 		return 0;

@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ void write_commit_graph(const char *obj_dir,
 			strbuf_addstr(&packname, pack_indexes[i]);
 			p = add_packed_git(packname.buf, packname.len, 1);
 			if (!p)
-				die("error adding pack %s", packname.buf);
+				die(_("error adding pack %s"), packname.buf);
 			if (open_pack_index(p))
-				die("error opening index for %s", packname.buf);
+				die(_("error opening index for %s"), packname.buf);
 			for_each_object_in_pack(p, add_packed_commits, &oids);
 			close_pack(p);
 		}

index bb2e30fe3d..58d076e833 100644
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ static long config_buf_ftell(struct config_source *conf)
 }
 
 #define MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH 10
-static const char include_depth_advice[] =
+static const char include_depth_advice[] = N_(
 "exceeded maximum include depth (%d) while including\n"
 "	%s\n"
 "from\n"
 "	%s\n"
-"Do you have circular includes?";
+"Do you have circular includes?");
 static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc)
 {
 	int ret = 0;

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc
 
 	expanded = expand_user_path(path, 0);
 	if (!expanded)
-		return error("could not expand include path '%s'", path);
+		return error(_("could not expand include path '%s'"), path);
 	path = expanded;
 
 	/*

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc
 		char *slash;
 
 		if (!cf || !cf->path)
-			return error("relative config includes must come from files");
+			return error(_("relative config includes must come from files"));
 
 		slash = find_last_dir_sep(cf->path);
 		if (slash)

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc
 
 	if (!access_or_die(path, R_OK, 0)) {
 		if (++inc->depth > MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH)
-			die(include_depth_advice, MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH, path,
+			die(_(include_depth_advice), MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH, path,
 			    !cf ? "<unknown>" :
 			    cf->name ? cf->name :
 			    "the command line");

@@ -342,13 +342,13 @@ static int git_config_parse_key_1(const char *key, char **store_key, int *basele
 
 	if (last_dot == NULL || last_dot == key) {
 		if (!quiet)
-			error("key does not contain a section: %s", key);
+			error(_("key does not contain a section: %s"), key);
 		return -CONFIG_NO_SECTION_OR_NAME;
 	}
 
 	if (!last_dot[1]) {
 		if (!quiet)
-			error("key does not contain variable name: %s", key);
+			error(_("key does not contain variable name: %s"), key);
 		return -CONFIG_NO_SECTION_OR_NAME;
 	}
 

@@ -372,13 +372,13 @@ static int git_config_parse_key_1(const char *key, char **store_key, int *basele
 			if (!iskeychar(c) ||
 			    (i == baselen + 1 && !isalpha(c))) {
 				if (!quiet)
-					error("invalid key: %s", key);
+					error(_("invalid key: %s"), key);
 				goto out_free_ret_1;
 			}
 			c = tolower(c);
 		} else if (c == '\n') {
 			if (!quiet)
-				error("invalid key (newline): %s", key);
+				error(_("invalid key (newline): %s"), key);
 			goto out_free_ret_1;
 		}
 		if (store_key)

@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int git_config_parse_parameter(const char *text,
 
 	pair = strbuf_split_str(text, '=', 2);
 	if (!pair[0])
-		return error("bogus config parameter: %s", text);
+		return error(_("bogus config parameter: %s"), text);
 
 	if (pair[0]->len && pair[0]->buf[pair[0]->len - 1] == '=') {
 		strbuf_setlen(pair[0], pair[0]->len - 1);

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ int git_config_parse_parameter(const char *text,
 	strbuf_trim(pair[0]);
 	if (!pair[0]->len) {
 		strbuf_list_free(pair);
-		return error("bogus config parameter: %s", text);
+		return error(_("bogus config parameter: %s"), text);
 	}
 
 	if (git_config_parse_key(pair[0]->buf, &canonical_name, NULL)) {

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ int git_config_from_parameters(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 	envw = xstrdup(env);
 
 	if (sq_dequote_to_argv(envw, &argv, &nr, &alloc) < 0) {
-		ret = error("bogus format in %s", CONFIG_DATA_ENVIRONMENT);
+		ret = error(_("bogus format in %s"), CONFIG_DATA_ENVIRONMENT);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		else {
 			int abbrev = git_config_int(var, value);
 			if (abbrev < minimum_abbrev || abbrev > 40)
-				return error("abbrev length out of range: %d", abbrev);
+				return error(_("abbrev length out of range: %d"), abbrev);
 			default_abbrev = abbrev;
 		}
 		return 0;

@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 			comment_line_char = value[0];
 			auto_comment_line_char = 0;
 		} else
-			return error("core.commentChar should only be one character");
+			return error(_("core.commentChar should only be one character"));
 		return 0;
 	}
 

@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ static int git_default_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		else if (!strcmp(value, "always"))
 			autorebase = AUTOREBASE_ALWAYS;
 		else
-			return error("malformed value for %s", var);
+			return error(_("malformed value for %s"), var);
 		return 0;
 	}
 

@@ -1409,11 +1409,11 @@ static int git_default_push_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 			push_default = PUSH_DEFAULT_UPSTREAM;
 		else if (!strcmp(value, "current"))
 			push_default = PUSH_DEFAULT_CURRENT;
-		else {
-			error("malformed value for %s: %s", var, value);
-			return error("Must be one of nothing, matching, simple, "
-				     "upstream or current.");
-		}
+		else
+			return error(_("malformed value for %s: %s\n"
+				       "Must be one of nothing, matching, simple, "
+				       "upstream or current."),
+				     var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 

@@ -1589,10 +1589,10 @@ int git_config_from_blob_oid(config_fn_t fn,
 
 	buf = read_object_file(oid, &type, &size);
 	if (!buf)
-		return error("unable to load config blob object '%s'", name);
+		return error(_("unable to load config blob object '%s'"), name);
 	if (type != OBJ_BLOB) {
 		free(buf);
-		return error("reference '%s' does not point to a blob", name);
+		return error(_("reference '%s' does not point to a blob"), name);
 	}
 
 	ret = git_config_from_mem(fn, CONFIG_ORIGIN_BLOB, name, buf, size, data);

@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ static int git_config_from_blob_ref(config_fn_t fn,
 	struct object_id oid;
 
 	if (get_oid(name, &oid) < 0)
-		return error("unable to resolve config blob '%s'", name);
+		return error(_("unable to resolve config blob '%s'"), name);
 	return git_config_from_blob_oid(fn, name, &oid, data);
 }
 

@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ unsigned long git_env_ulong(const char *k, unsigned long val)
 {
 	const char *v = getenv(k);
 	if (v && !git_parse_ulong(v, &val))
-		die("failed to parse %s", k);
+		die(_("failed to parse %s"), k);
 	return val;
 }
 

@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ static int store_aux_event(enum config_event_t type,
 
 	if (type == CONFIG_EVENT_SECTION) {
 		if (cf->var.len < 2 || cf->var.buf[cf->var.len - 1] != '.')
-			return error("invalid section name '%s'", cf->var.buf);
+			return error(_("invalid section name '%s'"), cf->var.buf);
 
 		/* Is this the section we were looking for? */
 		store->is_keys_section =

@@ -2428,7 +2428,7 @@ static int store_aux(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 
 static int write_error(const char *filename)
 {
-	error("failed to write new configuration file %s", filename);
+	error(_("failed to write new configuration file %s"), filename);
 
 	/* Same error code as "failed to rename". */
 	return 4;

@@ -2679,7 +2679,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 	 */
 	fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, config_filename, 0);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		error_errno("could not lock config file %s", config_filename);
+		error_errno(_("could not lock config file %s"), config_filename);
 		ret = CONFIG_NO_LOCK;
 		goto out_free;
 	}

@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 	in_fd = open(config_filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if ( in_fd < 0 ) {
 		if ( ENOENT != errno ) {
-			error_errno("opening %s", config_filename);
+			error_errno(_("opening %s"), config_filename);
 			ret = CONFIG_INVALID_FILE; /* same as "invalid config file" */
 			goto out_free;
 		}

@@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 			store.value_regex = (regex_t*)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
 			if (regcomp(store.value_regex, value_regex,
 					REG_EXTENDED)) {
-				error("invalid pattern: %s", value_regex);
+				error(_("invalid pattern: %s"), value_regex);
 				FREE_AND_NULL(store.value_regex);
 				ret = CONFIG_INVALID_PATTERN;
 				goto out_free;

@@ -2750,7 +2750,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 		if (git_config_from_file_with_options(store_aux,
 						      config_filename,
 						      &store, &opts)) {
-			error("invalid config file %s", config_filename);
+			error(_("invalid config file %s"), config_filename);
 			ret = CONFIG_INVALID_FILE;
 			goto out_free;
 		}

@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 		if (contents == MAP_FAILED) {
 			if (errno == ENODEV && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 				errno = EISDIR;
-			error_errno("unable to mmap '%s'", config_filename);
+			error_errno(_("unable to mmap '%s'"), config_filename);
 			ret = CONFIG_INVALID_FILE;
 			contents = NULL;
 			goto out_free;

@@ -2783,7 +2783,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 		in_fd = -1;
 
 		if (chmod(get_lock_file_path(&lock), st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
-			error_errno("chmod on %s failed", get_lock_file_path(&lock));
+			error_errno(_("chmod on %s failed"), get_lock_file_path(&lock));
 			ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE;
 			goto out_free;
 		}

@@ -2868,7 +2868,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently(const char *config_filename,
 	}
 
 	if (commit_lock_file(&lock) < 0) {
-		error_errno("could not write config file %s", config_filename);
+		error_errno(_("could not write config file %s"), config_filename);
 		ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE;
 		goto out_free;
 	}

@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ static int git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename
 	memset(&store, 0, sizeof(store));
 
 	if (new_name && !section_name_is_ok(new_name)) {
-		ret = error("invalid section name: %s", new_name);
+		ret = error(_("invalid section name: %s"), new_name);
 		goto out_no_rollback;
 	}
 

@@ -3003,7 +3003,7 @@ static int git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename
 
 	out_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, config_filename, 0);
 	if (out_fd < 0) {
-		ret = error("could not lock config file %s", config_filename);
+		ret = error(_("could not lock config file %s"), config_filename);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ static int git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename
 	}
 
 	if (chmod(get_lock_file_path(&lock), st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
-		ret = error_errno("chmod on %s failed",
+		ret = error_errno(_("chmod on %s failed"),
 				  get_lock_file_path(&lock));
 		goto out;
 	}

@@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@ static int git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename
 	config_file = NULL;
 commit_and_out:
 	if (commit_lock_file(&lock) < 0)
-		ret = error_errno("could not write config file %s",
+		ret = error_errno(_("could not write config file %s"),
 				  config_filename);
 out:
 	if (config_file)

@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ int git_config_copy_section(const char *old_name, const char *new_name)
 #undef config_error_nonbool
 int config_error_nonbool(const char *var)
 {
-	return error("missing value for '%s'", var);
+	return error(_("missing value for '%s'"), var);
 }
 
 int parse_config_key(const char *var,

index 083cf804a7..70b97cfef6 100644
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int server_supports_v2(const char *c, int die_on_error)
 	}
 
 	if (die_on_error)
-		die("server doesn't support '%s'", c);
+		die(_("server doesn't support '%s'"), c);
 
 	return 0;
 }

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int server_supports_feature(const char *c, const char *feature,
 	}
 
 	if (die_on_error)
-		die("server doesn't support feature '%s'", feature);
+		die(_("server doesn't support feature '%s'"), feature);
 
 	return 0;
 }

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void process_capabilities_v2(struct packet_reader *reader)
 		argv_array_push(&server_capabilities_v2, reader->line);
 
 	if (reader->status != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
-		die("expected flush after capabilities");
+		die(_("expected flush after capabilities"));
 }
 
 enum protocol_version discover_version(struct packet_reader *reader)

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int process_dummy_ref(const char *line)
 static void check_no_capabilities(const char *line, int len)
 {
 	if (strlen(line) != len)
-		warning("ignoring capabilities after first line '%s'",
+		warning(_("ignoring capabilities after first line '%s'"),
 			line + strlen(line));
 }
 

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int process_ref(const char *line, int len, struct ref ***list,
 	if (extra_have && !strcmp(name, ".have")) {
 		oid_array_append(extra_have, &old_oid);
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "capabilities^{}")) {
-		die("protocol error: unexpected capabilities^{}");
+		die(_("protocol error: unexpected capabilities^{}"));
 	} else if (check_ref(name, flags)) {
 		struct ref *ref = alloc_ref(name);
 		oidcpy(&ref->old_oid, &old_oid);

@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ static int process_shallow(const char *line, int len,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (get_oid_hex(arg, &old_oid))
-		die("protocol error: expected shallow sha-1, got '%s'", arg);
+		die(_("protocol error: expected shallow sha-1, got '%s'"), arg);
 	if (!shallow_points)
-		die("repository on the other end cannot be shallow");
+		die(_("repository on the other end cannot be shallow"));
 	oid_array_append(shallow_points, &old_oid);
 	check_no_capabilities(line, len);
 	return 1;

@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ struct ref **get_remote_heads(struct packet_reader *reader,
 		case PACKET_READ_NORMAL:
 			len = reader->pktlen;
 			if (len > 4 && skip_prefix(reader->line, "ERR ", &arg))
-				die("remote error: %s", arg);
+				die(_("remote error: %s"), arg);
 			break;
 		case PACKET_READ_FLUSH:
 			state = EXPECTING_DONE;
 			break;
 		case PACKET_READ_DELIM:
-			die("invalid packet");
+			die(_("invalid packet"));
 		}
 
 		switch (state) {

@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ struct ref **get_remote_heads(struct packet_reader *reader,
 		case EXPECTING_SHALLOW:
 			if (process_shallow(reader->line, len, shallow_points))
 				break;
-			die("protocol error: unexpected '%s'", reader->line);
+			die(_("protocol error: unexpected '%s'"), reader->line);
 		case EXPECTING_DONE:
 			break;
 		}

@@ -441,11 +441,11 @@ struct ref **get_remote_refs(int fd_out, struct packet_reader *reader,
 	/* Process response from server */
 	while (packet_reader_read(reader) == PACKET_READ_NORMAL) {
 		if (!process_ref_v2(reader->line, &list))
-			die("invalid ls-refs response: %s", reader->line);
+			die(_("invalid ls-refs response: %s"), reader->line);
 	}
 
 	if (reader->status != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
-		die("expected flush after ref listing");
+		die(_("expected flush after ref listing"));
 
 	return list;
 }

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static enum protocol get_protocol(const char *name)
 		return PROTO_SSH;
 	if (!strcmp(name, "file"))
 		return PROTO_FILE;
-	die("protocol '%s' is not supported", name);
+	die(_("protocol '%s' is not supported"), name);
 }
 
 static char *host_end(char **hoststart, int removebrackets)

@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static void enable_keepalive(int sockfd)
 	int ka = 1;
 
 	if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, &ka, sizeof(ka)) < 0)
-		error_errno("unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE on socket");
+		error_errno(_("unable to set SO_KEEPALIVE on socket"));
 }
 
 #ifndef NO_IPV6

@@ -635,15 +635,16 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 	hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Looking up %s ... ", host);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Looking up %s ... "), host);
 
 	gai = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &ai);
 	if (gai)
-		die("unable to look up %s (port %s) (%s)", host, port, gai_strerror(gai));
+		die(_("unable to look up %s (port %s) (%s)"), host, port, gai_strerror(gai));
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE) {
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Connecting to %s (port %s) ... ", host, port);
+		/* TRANSLATORS: this is the end of "Looking up %s ... " */
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("done."));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Connecting to %s (port %s) ... "), host, port);
 	}
 
 	for (ai0 = ai; ai; ai = ai->ai_next, cnt++) {

@@ -666,12 +667,13 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 	freeaddrinfo(ai0);
 
 	if (sockfd < 0)
-		die("unable to connect to %s:\n%s", host, error_message.buf);
+		die(_("unable to connect to %s:\n%s"), host, error_message.buf);
 
 	enable_keepalive(sockfd);
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
+		/* TRANSLATORS: this is the end of "Connecting to %s (port %s) ... " */
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("done."));
 
 	strbuf_release(&error_message);
 

@@ -698,23 +700,24 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 	get_host_and_port(&host, &port);
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Looking up %s ... ", host);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Looking up %s ... "), host);
 
 	he = gethostbyname(host);
 	if (!he)
-		die("unable to look up %s (%s)", host, hstrerror(h_errno));
+		die(_("unable to look up %s (%s)"), host, hstrerror(h_errno));
 	nport = strtoul(port, &ep, 10);
 	if ( ep == port || *ep ) {
 		/* Not numeric */
 		struct servent *se = getservbyname(port,"tcp");
 		if ( !se )
-			die("unknown port %s", port);
+			die(_("unknown port %s"), port);
 		nport = se->s_port;
 	}
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE) {
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Connecting to %s (port %s) ... ", host, port);
+		/* TRANSLATORS: this is the end of "Looking up %s ... " */
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("done."));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Connecting to %s (port %s) ... "), host, port);
 	}
 
 	for (cnt = 0, ap = he->h_addr_list; *ap; ap++, cnt++) {

@@ -743,12 +746,13 @@ static int git_tcp_connect_sock(char *host, int flags)
 	}
 
 	if (sockfd < 0)
-		die("unable to connect to %s:\n%s", host, error_message.buf);
+		die(_("unable to connect to %s:\n%s"), host, error_message.buf);
 
 	enable_keepalive(sockfd);
 
 	if (flags & CONNECT_VERBOSE)
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, "done.");
+		/* TRANSLATORS: this is the end of "Connecting to %s (port %s) ... " */
+		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("done."));
 
 	return sockfd;
 }

@@ -845,9 +849,9 @@ static struct child_process *git_proxy_connect(int fd[2], char *host)
 	get_host_and_port(&host, &port);
 
 	if (looks_like_command_line_option(host))
-		die("strange hostname '%s' blocked", host);
+		die(_("strange hostname '%s' blocked"), host);
 	if (looks_like_command_line_option(port))
-		die("strange port '%s' blocked", port);
+		die(_("strange port '%s' blocked"), port);
 
 	proxy = xmalloc(sizeof(*proxy));
 	child_process_init(proxy);

@@ -857,7 +861,7 @@ static struct child_process *git_proxy_connect(int fd[2], char *host)
 	proxy->in = -1;
 	proxy->out = -1;
 	if (start_command(proxy))
-		die("cannot start proxy %s", git_proxy_command);
+		die(_("cannot start proxy %s"), git_proxy_command);
 	fd[0] = proxy->out; /* read from proxy stdout */
 	fd[1] = proxy->in;  /* write to proxy stdin */
 	return proxy;

@@ -924,7 +928,7 @@ static enum protocol parse_connect_url(const char *url_orig, char **ret_host,
 		path = strchr(end, separator);
 
 	if (!path || !*path)
-		die("no path specified; see 'git help pull' for valid url syntax");
+		die(_("no path specified; see 'git help pull' for valid url syntax"));
 
 	/*
 	 * null-terminate hostname and point path to ~ for URL's like this:

@@ -1119,7 +1123,7 @@ static void push_ssh_options(struct argv_array *args, struct argv_array *env,
 		case VARIANT_AUTO:
 			BUG("VARIANT_AUTO passed to push_ssh_options");
 		case VARIANT_SIMPLE:
-			die("ssh variant 'simple' does not support -4");
+			die(_("ssh variant 'simple' does not support -4"));
 		case VARIANT_SSH:
 		case VARIANT_PLINK:
 		case VARIANT_PUTTY:

@@ -1131,7 +1135,7 @@ static void push_ssh_options(struct argv_array *args, struct argv_array *env,
 		case VARIANT_AUTO:
 			BUG("VARIANT_AUTO passed to push_ssh_options");
 		case VARIANT_SIMPLE:
-			die("ssh variant 'simple' does not support -6");
+			die(_("ssh variant 'simple' does not support -6"));
 		case VARIANT_SSH:
 		case VARIANT_PLINK:
 		case VARIANT_PUTTY:

@@ -1148,7 +1152,7 @@ static void push_ssh_options(struct argv_array *args, struct argv_array *env,
 		case VARIANT_AUTO:
 			BUG("VARIANT_AUTO passed to push_ssh_options");
 		case VARIANT_SIMPLE:
-			die("ssh variant 'simple' does not support setting port");
+			die(_("ssh variant 'simple' does not support setting port"));
 		case VARIANT_SSH:
 			argv_array_push(args, "-p");
 			break;

@@ -1171,7 +1175,7 @@ static void fill_ssh_args(struct child_process *conn, const char *ssh_host,
 	enum ssh_variant variant;
 
 	if (looks_like_command_line_option(ssh_host))
-		die("strange hostname '%s' blocked", ssh_host);
+		die(_("strange hostname '%s' blocked"), ssh_host);
 
 	ssh = get_ssh_command();
 	if (ssh) {

@@ -1259,7 +1263,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 		child_process_init(conn);
 
 		if (looks_like_command_line_option(path))
-			die("strange pathname '%s' blocked", path);
+			die(_("strange pathname '%s' blocked"), path);
 
 		strbuf_addstr(&cmd, prog);
 		strbuf_addch(&cmd, ' ');

@@ -1304,7 +1308,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
 		argv_array_push(&conn->args, cmd.buf);
 
 		if (start_command(conn))
-			die("unable to fork");
+			die(_("unable to fork"));
 
 		fd[0] = conn->out; /* read from child's stdout */
 		fd[1] = conn->in;  /* write to child's stdin */

index f47e60022e..e53911d4f8 100644
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static enum eol output_eol(enum crlf_action crlf_action)
 		/* fall through */
 		return text_eol_is_crlf() ? EOL_CRLF : EOL_LF;
 	}
-	warning("illegal crlf_action %d", (int)crlf_action);
+	warning(_("illegal crlf_action %d"), (int)crlf_action);
 	return core_eol;
 }
 

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void check_global_conv_flags_eol(const char *path, enum crlf_action crlf_
 		else if (conv_flags & CONV_EOL_RNDTRP_WARN)
 			warning(_("CRLF will be replaced by LF in %s.\n"
 				  "The file will have its original line"
-				  " endings in your working directory."), path);
+				  " endings in your working directory"), path);
 	} else if (old_stats->lonelf && !new_stats->lonelf ) {
 		/*
 		 * CRLFs would be added by checkout

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void check_global_conv_flags_eol(const char *path, enum crlf_action crlf_
 		else if (conv_flags & CONV_EOL_RNDTRP_WARN)
 			warning(_("LF will be replaced by CRLF in %s.\n"
 				  "The file will have its original line"
-				  " endings in your working directory."), path);
+				  " endings in your working directory"), path);
 	}
 }
 

@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int encode_to_worktree(const char *path, const char *src, size_t src_len,
 	dst = reencode_string_len(src, src_len, enc, default_encoding,
 				  &dst_len);
 	if (!dst) {
-		error("failed to encode '%s' from %s to %s",
+		error(_("failed to encode '%s' from %s to %s"),
 		      path, default_encoding, enc);
 		return 0;
 	}

@@ -670,7 +670,8 @@ static int filter_buffer_or_fd(int in, int out, void *data)
 
 	if (start_command(&child_process)) {
 		strbuf_release(&cmd);
-		return error("cannot fork to run external filter '%s'", params->cmd);
+		return error(_("cannot fork to run external filter '%s'"),
+			     params->cmd);
 	}
 
 	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);

@@ -689,13 +690,14 @@ static int filter_buffer_or_fd(int in, int out, void *data)
 	if (close(child_process.in))
 		write_err = 1;
 	if (write_err)
-		error("cannot feed the input to external filter '%s'", params->cmd);
+		error(_("cannot feed the input to external filter '%s'"),
+		      params->cmd);
 
 	sigchain_pop(SIGPIPE);
 
 	status = finish_command(&child_process);
 	if (status)
-		error("external filter '%s' failed %d", params->cmd, status);
+		error(_("external filter '%s' failed %d"), params->cmd, status);
 
 	strbuf_release(&cmd);
 	return (write_err || status);

@@ -730,13 +732,13 @@ static int apply_single_file_filter(const char *path, const char *src, size_t le
 		return 0;	/* error was already reported */
 
 	if (strbuf_read(&nbuf, async.out, len) < 0) {
-		err = error("read from external filter '%s' failed", cmd);
+		err = error(_("read from external filter '%s' failed"), cmd);
 	}
 	if (close(async.out)) {
-		err = error("read from external filter '%s' failed", cmd);
+		err = error(_("read from external filter '%s' failed"), cmd);
 	}
 	if (finish_async(&async)) {
-		err = error("external filter '%s' failed", cmd);
+		err = error(_("external filter '%s' failed"), cmd);
 	}
 
 	if (!err) {

@@ -790,7 +792,7 @@ static void handle_filter_error(const struct strbuf *filter_status,
 		 * Something went wrong with the protocol filter.
 		 * Force shutdown and restart if another blob requires filtering.
 		 */
-		error("external filter '%s' failed", entry->subprocess.cmd);
+		error(_("external filter '%s' failed"), entry->subprocess.cmd);
 		subprocess_stop(&subprocess_map, &entry->subprocess);
 		free(entry);
 	}

@@ -838,7 +840,7 @@ static int apply_multi_file_filter(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len
 	else if (wanted_capability & CAP_SMUDGE)
 		filter_type = "smudge";
 	else
-		die("unexpected filter type");
+		die(_("unexpected filter type"));
 
 	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 

@@ -849,7 +851,7 @@ static int apply_multi_file_filter(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len
 
 	err = strlen(path) > LARGE_PACKET_DATA_MAX - strlen("pathname=\n");
 	if (err) {
-		error("path name too long for external filter");
+		error(_("path name too long for external filter"));
 		goto done;
 	}
 

@@ -923,8 +925,8 @@ int async_query_available_blobs(const char *cmd, struct string_list *available_p
 	assert(subprocess_map_initialized);
 	entry = (struct cmd2process *)subprocess_find_entry(&subprocess_map, cmd);
 	if (!entry) {
-		error("external filter '%s' is not available anymore although "
-		      "not all paths have been filtered", cmd);
+		error(_("external filter '%s' is not available anymore although "
+			"not all paths have been filtered"), cmd);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	process = &entry->subprocess.process;

@@ -1395,7 +1397,7 @@ int convert_to_git(const struct index_state *istate,
 
 	ret |= apply_filter(path, src, len, -1, dst, ca.drv, CAP_CLEAN, NULL);
 	if (!ret && ca.drv && ca.drv->required)
-		die("%s: clean filter '%s' failed", path, ca.drv->name);
+		die(_("%s: clean filter '%s' failed"), path, ca.drv->name);
 
 	if (ret && dst) {
 		src = dst->buf;

@@ -1429,7 +1431,7 @@ void convert_to_git_filter_fd(const struct index_state *istate,
 	assert(ca.drv->clean || ca.drv->process);
 
 	if (!apply_filter(path, NULL, 0, fd, dst, ca.drv, CAP_CLEAN, NULL))
-		die("%s: clean filter '%s' failed", path, ca.drv->name);
+		die(_("%s: clean filter '%s' failed"), path, ca.drv->name);
 
 	encode_to_git(path, dst->buf, dst->len, dst, ca.working_tree_encoding, conv_flags);
 	crlf_to_git(istate, path, dst->buf, dst->len, dst, ca.crlf_action, conv_flags);

@@ -1472,7 +1474,7 @@ static int convert_to_working_tree_internal(const char *path, const char *src,
 	ret_filter = apply_filter(
 		path, src, len, -1, dst, ca.drv, CAP_SMUDGE, dco);
 	if (!ret_filter && ca.drv && ca.drv->required)
-		die("%s: smudge filter %s failed", path, ca.drv->name);
+		die(_("%s: smudge filter %s failed"), path, ca.drv->name);
 
 	return ret | ret_filter;
 }

index e1a2e1cffb..7c6e7a0a37 100644
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched,
 		if (found_dup)
 			continue;
 
-		error("pathspec '%s' did not match any file(s) known to git",
+		error(_("pathspec '%s' did not match any file(s) known to git"),
 		      pathspec->items[num].original);
 		errors++;
 	}

@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ static void add_excludes_from_file_1(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *fname,
 		dir->unmanaged_exclude_files++;
 	el = add_exclude_list(dir, EXC_FILE, fname);
 	if (add_excludes(fname, "", 0, el, NULL, oid_stat) < 0)
-		die("cannot use %s as an exclude file", fname);
+		die(_("cannot use %s as an exclude file"), fname);
 }
 
 void add_excludes_from_file(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *fname)

@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ static void connect_wt_gitdir_in_nested(const char *sub_worktree,
 		return;
 
 	if (repo_read_index(&subrepo) < 0)
-		die("index file corrupt in repo %s", subrepo.gitdir);
+		die(_("index file corrupt in repo %s"), subrepo.gitdir);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < subrepo.index->cache_nr; i++) {
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = subrepo.index->cache[i];

index 2a6de2330b..d129c4adc5 100644
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static char *expand_namespace(const char *raw_namespace)
 			strbuf_addf(&buf, "refs/namespaces/%s", (*c)->buf);
 	strbuf_list_free(components);
 	if (check_refname_format(buf.buf, 0))
-		die("bad git namespace path \"%s\"", raw_namespace);
+		die(_("bad git namespace path \"%s\""), raw_namespace);
 	strbuf_addch(&buf, '/');
 	return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 }

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ char *get_graft_file(void)
 static void set_git_dir_1(const char *path)
 {
 	if (setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, path, 1))
-		die("could not set GIT_DIR to '%s'", path);
+		die(_("could not set GIT_DIR to '%s'"), path);
 	setup_git_env(path);
 }
 

index 02d31ee897..4f81f44310 100644
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ int execl_git_cmd(const char *cmd, ...)
 	}
 	va_end(param);
 	if (MAX_ARGS <= argc)
-		return error("too many args to run %s", cmd);
+		return error(_("too many args to run %s"), cmd);
 
 	argv[argc] = NULL;
 	return execv_git_cmd(argv);

index 10d167825e..477e686da7 100644
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t len, int gentle)
 	if (gentle)
 		return -1;
 
-	die("invalid object type \"%s\"", str);
+	die(_("invalid object type \"%s\""), str);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void *object_as_type(struct object *obj, enum object_type type, int quiet)
 	}
 	else {
 		if (!quiet)
-			error("object %s is a %s, not a %s",
+			error(_("object %s is a %s, not a %s"),
 			      oid_to_hex(&obj->oid),
 			      type_name(obj->type), type_name(type));
 		return NULL;

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ struct object *parse_object_buffer(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type
 			obj = &tag->object;
 		}
 	} else {
-		warning("object %s has unknown type id %d", oid_to_hex(oid), type);
+		warning(_("object %s has unknown type id %d"), oid_to_hex(oid), type);
 		obj = NULL;
 	}
 	return obj;

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ struct object *parse_object(const struct object_id *oid)
 	    (!obj && has_object_file(oid) &&
 	     oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, NULL) == OBJ_BLOB)) {
 		if (check_object_signature(repl, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {
-			error("sha1 mismatch %s", oid_to_hex(oid));
+			error(_("sha1 mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		parse_blob_buffer(lookup_blob(oid), NULL, 0);

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct object *parse_object(const struct object_id *oid)
 	if (buffer) {
 		if (check_object_signature(repl, buffer, size, type_name(type)) < 0) {
 			free(buffer);
-			error("sha1 mismatch %s", oid_to_hex(repl));
+			error(_("sha1 mismatch %s"), oid_to_hex(repl));
 			return NULL;
 		}
 

index 941e41dfc1..04d10bbd03 100644
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int packet_flush_gently(int fd)
 {
 	packet_trace("0000", 4, 1);
 	if (write_in_full(fd, "0000", 4) < 0)
-		return error("flush packet write failed");
+		return error(_("flush packet write failed"));
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void format_packet(struct strbuf *out, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	n = out->len - orig_len;
 
 	if (n > LARGE_PACKET_MAX)
-		die("protocol error: impossibly long line");
+		die(_("protocol error: impossibly long line"));
 
 	set_packet_header(&out->buf[orig_len], n);
 	packet_trace(out->buf + orig_len + 4, n - 4, 1);

@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ static int packet_write_fmt_1(int fd, int gently,
 	if (write_in_full(fd, buf.buf, buf.len) < 0) {
 		if (!gently) {
 			check_pipe(errno);
-			die_errno("packet write with format failed");
+			die_errno(_("packet write with format failed"));
 		}
-		return error("packet write with format failed");
+		return error(_("packet write with format failed"));
 	}
 
 	return 0;

@@ -189,21 +189,21 @@ static int packet_write_gently(const int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
 	size_t packet_size;
 
 	if (size > sizeof(packet_write_buffer) - 4)
-		return error("packet write failed - data exceeds max packet size");
+		return error(_("packet write failed - data exceeds max packet size"));
 
 	packet_trace(buf, size, 1);
 	packet_size = size + 4;
 	set_packet_header(packet_write_buffer, packet_size);
 	memcpy(packet_write_buffer + 4, buf, size);
 	if (write_in_full(fd_out, packet_write_buffer, packet_size) < 0)
-		return error("packet write failed");
+		return error(_("packet write failed"));
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void packet_write(int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	if (packet_write_gently(fd_out, buf, size))
-		die_errno("packet write failed");
+		die_errno(_("packet write failed"));
 }
 
 void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...)

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void packet_buf_write_len(struct strbuf *buf, const char *data, size_t len)
 	n = buf->len - orig_len;
 
 	if (n > LARGE_PACKET_MAX)
-		die("protocol error: impossibly long line");
+		die(_("protocol error: impossibly long line"));
 
 	set_packet_header(&buf->buf[orig_len], n);
 	packet_trace(data, len, 1);

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int get_packet_data(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_size,
 	} else {
 		ret = read_in_full(fd, dst, size);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			die_errno("read error");
+			die_errno(_("read error"));
 	}
 
 	/* And complain if we didn't get enough bytes to satisfy the read. */

@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int get_packet_data(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_size,
 		if (options & PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF)
 			return -1;
 
-		die("the remote end hung up unexpectedly");
+		die(_("the remote end hung up unexpectedly"));
 	}
 
 	return ret;

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ enum packet_read_status packet_read_with_status(int fd, char **src_buffer,
 	len = packet_length(linelen);
 
 	if (len < 0) {
-		die("protocol error: bad line length character: %.4s", linelen);
+		die(_("protocol error: bad line length character: %.4s"), linelen);
 	} else if (!len) {
 		packet_trace("0000", 4, 0);
 		*pktlen = 0;

@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ enum packet_read_status packet_read_with_status(int fd, char **src_buffer,
 		*pktlen = 0;
 		return PACKET_READ_DELIM;
 	} else if (len < 4) {
-		die("protocol error: bad line length %d", len);
+		die(_("protocol error: bad line length %d"), len);
 	}
 
 	len -= 4;
 	if ((unsigned)len >= size)
-		die("protocol error: bad line length %d", len);
+		die(_("protocol error: bad line length %d"), len);
 
 	if (get_packet_data(fd, src_buffer, src_len, buffer, len, options) < 0) {
 		*pktlen = -1;

index a033910353..becb78e441 100644
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int ref_resolves_to_object(const char *refname,
 	if (flags & REF_ISBROKEN)
 		return 0;
 	if (!has_sha1_file(oid->hash)) {
-		error("%s does not point to a valid object!", refname);
+		error(_("%s does not point to a valid object!"), refname);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;

@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ int expand_ref(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **ref)
 			if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
 				break;
 		} else if ((flag & REF_ISSYMREF) && strcmp(fullref.buf, "HEAD")) {
-			warning("ignoring dangling symref %s", fullref.buf);
+			warning(_("ignoring dangling symref %s"), fullref.buf);
 		} else if ((flag & REF_ISBROKEN) && strchr(fullref.buf, '/')) {
-			warning("ignoring broken ref %s", fullref.buf);
+			warning(_("ignoring broken ref %s"), fullref.buf);
 		}
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&fullref);

@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int write_pseudoref(const char *pseudoref, const struct object_id *oid,
 	fd = hold_lock_file_for_update_timeout(&lock, filename, 0,
 					       get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms());
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		strbuf_addf(err, "could not open '%s' for writing: %s",
+		strbuf_addf(err, _("could not open '%s' for writing: %s"),
 			    filename, strerror(errno));
 		goto done;
 	}