Ticket #14419: 14419.patch

django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py

@@ -275 +275 @@
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
         make_option('--locale', '-l', default=None, dest='locale',
-            help='Creates or updates the message files only for the given locale (e.g. pt_BR).'),
+            help='Creates or updates the message files for the given locale (e.g. pt_BR).'),
         make_option('--domain', '-d', default='django', dest='domain',
             help='The domain of the message files (default: "django").'),
         make_option('--all', '-a', action='store_true', dest='all',
-            default=False, help='Reexamines all source code and templates for new translation strings and updates all message files for all available languages.'),
+            default=False, help='Updates the message files for all existing locales.'),
         make_option('--extension', '-e', dest='extensions',
             help='The file extension(s) to examine (default: ".html", separate multiple extensions with commas, or use -e multiple times)',
             action='append'),
@@ -290 +290 @@
         make_option('--no-default-ignore', action='store_false', dest='use_default_ignore_patterns',
             default=True, help="Don't ignore the common glob-style patterns 'CVS', '.*' and '*~'."),
     )
-    help = "Runs over the entire source tree of the current directory and pulls out all strings marked for translation. It creates (or updates) a message file in the conf/locale (in the django tree) or locale (for project and application) directory."
+    help = ("Runs over the entire source tree of the current directory and "
+            "pulls out all strings marked for translation. It creates (or "
+            "updates) a message file in the conf/locale (in the django tree) "
+            "or locale (for project and application) directory. You must run "
+            "this command with either -a or -l option.")
 
     requires_model_validation = False
     can_import_settings = False