unknown-link

Error · A linked message of vue-i18n names a key that does not exist.

git8n check fails on this rule.

Why it matters

vue-i18n writes the text of the key in place of @:key. The rule runs with --syntax vue-i18n only. A key that no file holds shows the key itself, and vue-i18n warns in the console. The key ends only at a space, {, (, ), | or @, so in @:nav.home! the key is nav.home!.

Invalid

locales/en/common.json

{
  "ok": "OK",
  "confirm": "Press @:common.okay"
}

locales/fr/common.json

{
  "ok": "OK",
  "confirm": "Appuyez sur @:common.okay"
}

$ git8n check --source en --syntax vue-i18n
locales/en/common.json
  error    common:confirm links to @:common.okay, which is a key of no file of en.  unknown-link

Read more:
  unknown-link  https://git8n.sakuga.dev/docs/reference/rules/unknown-link.html

1 error, 0 warnings in 2 files (en → fr, 2 keys).

Valid

locales/en/common.json

{
  "ok": "OK",
  "confirm": "Press @:common.ok"
}

locales/fr/common.json

{
  "ok": "OK",
  "confirm": "Appuyez sur @:common.ok"
}

$ git8n check --source en --syntax vue-i18n
0 errors, 0 warnings in 2 files (en → fr, 2 keys).

What to do

Name a key of the source: ok or common.ok for the key ok of common.json, the same form in every link: ok if the application merges the files of a language in one object, common.ok if it keeps one object for each file. Put a space or a literal, {'!'}, between the key and the text that follows it.

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