debtags-xgettext: Handle linebreaks (and other whitespace) a little more sanely

[deb/packages.git] / bin / fix_old_debtags_po

diff --git a/bin/fix_old_debtags_po b/bin/fix_old_debtags_po
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..86153b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fix_old_debtags_po
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+for i in po/debtags.*.po
+do
+       perl -i -p -e 'if (/^\s*$/) { $seen=1 };
+         if ($begin) { s/^"\s/"/ } $begin=0;
+         s/^(msg(id|str) ")\s/$1/;
+         if ($seen) { s/^"\s*\.\\n"/"\001"/g; s/\s*\\n//g; s/\001/\\n/g }
+         if (/^msg(id|str) ""/) { $begin=1 };
+         if (/^"\\n"/) { $begin=2 };
+       ' $i
+done