### Summary When a locale file is deleted, the git ignored files (`gitlab.edit.po` and `gitlab.po.timestamp`) remain on local dev environments and the `gettext:regenerate` task will fail to reset the `.po` files. This means there are a lot of changes to files that don't need to be committed. This is because the `git checkout` command fails at the end of the rake task: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/421ac63d/lib/tasks/gettext.rake#L41-41 ### Steps to reproduce 1. Create a new `locale/<language-code>/gitlab.po` file 1. run `rails gettext:regenerate` 1. Delete the file created in the first step 1. run `rails gettext:regenerate` ### What is the current *bug* behavior? All locale files have uncommitted changes ### What is the expected *correct* behavior? Only the `gitlab.pot` file has uncommitted changes ### Proposed fix - [x] Only checkout files that actually exist at the end of the rake task. Done in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/41473 - [ ] At the start of the task, force remove locale folders (ie `locale/ml_IN`) if the folder does not contain a `gitlab.po` file. ### Workaround Manually delete the entire locale folder that no longer contains a `gitlab.po` file. For example: ```bash $ rm -rf locale/ml_IN/ ```