formatjs workflow for re-extraction of messages

[alexsivris]

Hello! The issue I’m having with my workflow is that if I continue adding default messages in the app I have to re-do all of the translations with every subsequent extractions. Specifically, I need to carefully override the translations from the previously extracted and translated json file to the newly extracted json file that contains the new IDs.

Here's the workflow I am following:

1. Extract messages with formatjs CLI using this command: yarn extract 'src/**/*.ts*' --ignore='**/*.d.ts' --out-file temp/i18n/extracted/en.json --id-interpolation-pattern '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]' As an output, I get the file en.json with default messages and descriptions as expected
2. I run the same command, this time for my translations: yarn extract 'src/**/*.ts*' --ignore='**/*.d.ts' --out-file temp/i18n/extracted/el.json --id-interpolation-pattern '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]'
3. Translation of all texts in el.json, then proceed with compiling both files using this command: yarn compile temp/i18n/en.json --ast --out-file src/constants/i18n/en.json and for "el" respectively yarn compile build/i18n/el.json --ast --out-file src/constants/i18n/el.json. The final json files that contain only the IDs and strings are generated and can be used.

Initially, I expected that formatjs extraction results in generated json files for all locales (el and en) as opposed to only one, taking previous translations into consideration so they don't have to be done again.

Am I missing something critical or is this how the workflow is meant to be?

Edit: the issue seems to be similar this this #1554, but seems like there's no clear solution. Still would be very interested to learn how you deal with this situation.

[longlho]

I'm not sure I understand your flow. Why do you run extraction for el? isn't that the translated version?

[alexsivris]

Correct, that should be the translated version. I could get the same result by copy/pasting the extracted en.json in the first place. Now given I extract only the default messages as described in step 1. how would I proceed with translations after the first iteration, i.e. after having made some initial translations? If step 1 is run every time a new message is added to the app, wouldn't it mean that all the messages need to be translated every time?

[longlho]

yeah so you're supposed to "merge" them yourself afterwards

[alexsivris]

Alright, thanks for clarifying.