Hi Lucas,

replacing files in the source project isn't possible for anyone but project maintainers, at least for Inkscape.

Everything must pass through a merge request, and every merge request must come from one of your own branches.

Duarte's 'convoluted' method is the way to go.

To keep the original Inkscape branches in it up-to-date, you could setup your own repository to mirror protected branches in the original Inkscape repository. Then - as long as you do not change those branches, but always branch off them - your own repository's main branches ('master', '1.n.x') will always be in sync with the original Inkscape repository.

Maren

Am 15.05.24 um 17:44 schrieb Lucas Vieites:

Hi Duarte,   that has worked, but I have run into issues with my fork in the past, so I prefer just replacing the file on the source project.

Thank you for your suggestion. I have created https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/6452 https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/6452 for a partial translation of es.po.

Kind regards,

*Lucas Vieites https://namedrop.io/lucasvieites* Blog @ codexion.com https://blog.codexion.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasvieites

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM Duarte Ramos <duarte.framos@gmail.com mailto:duarte.framos@gmail.com> wrote:

The method I used which is admittedly more convoluted but worked, is:

 1.
    Fork the full Inkscape repository (so you have something like
    https://gitlab.com/you.name/inkscape
    <https://gitlab.com/you.name/inkscape>) From the top right
 2.
    Create a branch based on the 1.4 branch from the + button > New
    Branch
 3.
    Base it on the existing 1.4 branch
 4.
    Name it something like /Translations for your language/
 5.
    Do the steps described in the wiki to replace the file .pot in
    your newly created /Translations for your language /branch
 6.
    Finally do the merge request from this private 1.4 branch of
    yours to the official 1.4 branch


On 15/05/2024 at 16:12, Lucas Vieites <lucas.vieites@gmail.com
<mailto:lucas.vieites@gmail.com>> wrote:

       Hi all,
       I'm experiencing an issue when creating a merge request on
    the 1.4.x branch. I see this message "You can only create or
    edit files when you are on a branch" and the merge request is
    not created.
       I am following the steps in
    https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#7._Make_a_merge_request <https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#7._Make_a_merge_request>

       Is anyone else having this issue?

       Thank you, and kind regards,
    --
    *Lucas Vieites <https://namedrop.io/lucasvieites>*
    Blog @ codexion.com <https://blog.codexion.com/>
    LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasvieites>

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