--- a/Makefile	Thu Jan 15 11:41:59 2009 +0100
+++ b/Makefile	Thu Jan 15 00:10:54 2009 +0100
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	@echo '  dist         - run all tests and create a source tarball in dist/'
 	@echo '  clean        - remove files created by other targets'
 	@echo '                 (except installed files or dist source tarball)'
+	@echo '  update-pot   - update i18n/hg.pot'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Example for a system-wide installation under /usr/local:'
 	@echo '  make all && su -c "make install" && hg version'
@@ -74,6 +75,14 @@
 test-%:
 	cd tests && $(PYTHON) run-tests.py $(TESTFLAGS) $@
 
+update-pot:
+	mkdir -p i18n
+	pygettext -d doc -p i18n --docstrings \
+	mercurial/commands.py hgext/*.py hgext/*/__init__.py
+	pygettext -d all -p i18n mercurial hgext doc
+	msgcat i18n/doc.pot i18n/all.pot > i18n/hg.pot
+	rm i18n/doc.pot i18n/all.pot
 
 .PHONY: help all local build doc clean install install-bin install-doc \
-	install-home install-home-bin install-home-doc dist dist-notests tests
+	install-home install-home-bin install-home-doc dist dist-notests tests \
+	update-pot