Merge branch 'add-sync-only-localization-script-option'

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/gui/locales/README.md b/gui/locales/README.md
index bd40ce78e0..422a37fd6e 100644
--- a/gui/locales/README.md
+++ b/gui/locales/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,18 @@ This is a folder with gettext translations for Mullvad VPN app.
 
 1. Add the language to `SUPPORTED_LOCALE_LIST` in `app.tsx`.
 
-## Updating translations template
+## Sync localizations
+
+Use the localization script to sync localizations by running the following command from the
+root-directory:
+```
+./scripts/localization sync-local-files
+```
+
+It will sync `messages.pot` with localization strings in the desktop app and Android app to ensure
+all local files are in sync.
+
+## Prepare strings for Crowdin translation
 
 Use the localization script to prepare the pot-files by running the following command from the
 root-directory:
@@ -46,9 +57,8 @@ root-directory:
 ./scripts/localization prepare
 ```
 
-It will update `messages.pot` with localization strings from both the desktop app and Android app,
-and will update `relay-localizations.pot`. The changes to each file will also be committed
-individually.
+It will sync `messages.pot` with localization strings in the desktop app and Android app, and will
+update `relay-localizations.pot`. The changes to each file will also be committed individually.
 
 ## Uploading translations template to Crowdin
 
diff --git a/scripts/localization b/scripts/localization
index a35445a011..6d0f6ac104 100755
--- a/scripts/localization
+++ b/scripts/localization
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ function main {
         prepare) prepare_localization_strings;;
         upload) upload_to_crowdin;;
         download) download_from_crowdin;;
+        sync-local-files) sync_localizations;;
         "")
-            echo "Available subcommands: prepare, upload and download"
+            echo "Available subcommands: prepare, upload, download and sync-local-files"
             ;;
         *)
             echo "Unknown parameter: $1"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ function main {
     esac
 }
 
-function update_messages_pot {
+function sync_localizations {
     # Update desktop strings in messages.pot
     log_header "Extracting localization strings from desktop app source code"
     pushd ../gui
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ function commit_changes {
 }
 
 function prepare_localization_strings {
-    update_messages_pot
+    sync_localizations
     commit_changes "Update messages.pot"
 
     update_relay_locations_pot
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ function download_from_crowdin {
 
     # Add new translations to Android xml-files
     log_header "Updating Android xml-files with new translations"
-    update_messages_pot
+    sync_localizations
     commit_changes "Update translations"
 }