From 07889f19b33d4dbce8d6ba61d991346db972d4d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: southerntofu <southerntofu@thunix.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 17:07:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Load translations properly when forgebuild is not setup, just
 cloned

---
 forgebuild.sh | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/forgebuild.sh b/forgebuild.sh
index b1c328c..3ba95e4 100755
--- a/forgebuild.sh
+++ b/forgebuild.sh
@@ -32,15 +32,44 @@ if [[ "$LANG" != "NONE" ]]; then
         # Extract two letters from $LANG
         locale="${LANG:0:2}"
 
-        # Ensure translations have been setup
-        if [ -d /usr/share/forgebuild/i18n ]; then
-            I18N_DIR=/usr/share/forgebuild/i18n
-        elif [ -d $HOME/.local/share/forgebuild/i18n ]; then
-            I18N_DIR=$HOME/.local/share/forgebuild/i18n
+        # Figure out where to load translations from. If the person is hacking on a new version and/or forgebuild
+        # hasn't been setup, it's very likely that the build spec repo can be found at either ../build or ./spec
+        # relative to forgebuild.sh. If none of these exist, try to load translations from a normal setup:
+        # from ~/.local/forgebuild/i18n or /usr/share/forgebuild/i18n
+        BINDIR="$(dirname "$0")"
+        # ../build has higher precedence in case you're hacking on several implementations
+        if [ -d "$BINDIR"/../build/i18n ]; then
+            I18N_DIR="$BINDIR"/../build/i18n
+        elif [ -d "$BINDIR"/spec/i18n ]; then
+            # We are in a cloned repo and submodule has been initialized
+            I18N_DIR="$BINDIR"/spec/i18n
         else
-            echo "ERROR: could not find translations. Maybe you need to run the setup.sh script?"
-            exit 1
+            # Either submodule hasn't been initalized, or we are not in a repo at all
+            # First try normal install paths, then try to clone spec submodule
+            # In this order because we'd like to rely on Internet access as last resort only
+            if [ -d /usr/share/forgebuild/i18n ]; then
+                I18N_DIR=/usr/share/forgebuild/i18n
+            elif [ -d $HOME/.local/share/forgebuild/i18n ]; then
+                I18N_DIR=$HOME/.local/share/forgebuild/i18n
+            elif [ -d "$BINDIR"/spec ]; then
+                # Submodule isn't initialized
+                PREVDIR="$(pwd)"
+                cd "$BINDIR"
+                git submodule init
+                if ! git submodule update; then
+                    echo "ERROR: Failed to find local translations and to download them from the Internet"
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+                cd "$PREVDIR"
+                I18N_DIR="$BINDIR"/spec/i18n
+            else
+                # We are not in a repo and local translations were not found, abort!
+                echo "ERROR: could not find translations. Maybe you need to run the setup.sh script?"
+                exit 1
+            fi
         fi
+        
+        # TODO: add debug message about where translations are loaded from
 
         # Initialize translations
         [ -f $I18N_DIR/$locale.json ] && locale_strings="$(cat $I18N_DIR/$locale.json)" || locale_strings="$(cat $I18N_DIR/en.json)"