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Remove empty locale folders in gettext:regenerate

Josianne Hyson requested to merge jh-clean_gettext_regen into master

What does this MR do?

Addresses: #238208 (closed)

  1. Remove empty locale folders when running gettext:regenerate
  2. Add specs for the gettext tasks
  3. Move some common variables to helper methods

Prior to this change, gettext:regenerate would do the following (these are example locales):

locale
  en_NZ
    - gitlab.po           # deleted and regenerated during task
    - gitlab.po.timestamp # gitignored (no change)
    - gitlab.po.edit      # gitignored (no change)
  en_US
    -                     # 🚨 didn't exist at the start, created during and then deleted at the end of the task
    - gitlab.po.timestamp # gitignored (no change)
    - gitlab.po.edit      # gitignored (no change)
  - gitlab.po

Regenerating the en_US/gitlab.po file is really time consuming and ultimately un-necessary, as we do not support translations in that locale (which is why there is no .po file)

After this change:

locale
  en_NZ
    - gitlab.po           # deleted and regenerated during task
    - gitlab.po.timestamp # gitignored (no change)
    - gitlab.po.edit      # gitignored (no change)
  en_US                   # 🚨 deleted at start of task
    -                     # * doesn't exist, is not created
    - gitlab.po.timestamp # * deleted at start of task
    - gitlab.po.edit      # * deleted at start of task
  - gitlab.po

At the start of the task we delete the en_US folder entirely, so that we don't waste time regenerating it's gitlab.po file.

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

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Edited by Josianne Hyson

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