From 3dd99e149291adb69392a7d62757e1f606150e52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SmallJoker <mk939@ymail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:02:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] updatepo: Drop strings that are obsolete for >1 script run

This automatically removes old (and unused) translation strings such
that the amount of garbage is kept in bounds.
---
 util/updatepo.sh | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/updatepo.sh b/util/updatepo.sh
index 5a0b9acfd..34f52bbd5 100755
--- a/util/updatepo.sh
+++ b/util/updatepo.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ for lang in $langs ; do # note the missing quotes around $langs
 	pofile=po/$lang/luanti.po
 	if test -e $pofile; then
 		echo "[$lang]: updating strings"
-		msgmerge --update --sort-by-file $pofile $potfile
+		# Drop old strings *before* updating such that they can be re-used
+		# until this script is run again.
+		msgattrib --output-file=$pofile --no-obsolete $pofile
+		msgmerge --update --backup=none --sort-by-file $pofile $potfile
 	else
 		# This will ask for the translator identity
 		echo "[$lang]: NEW strings"