GIT-SH-I18N--ENVSUBST(1) Git Manual GIT-SH-I18N--ENVSUBST(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

git-sh-i18n--envsubst - Git's own [envsubst(1)](/man/os/git/envsubst.1) for i18n fallbacks

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
eval_gettext () {


        printf "%s" "$1" | (


                export PATH $(git sh-i18n--envsubst --variables "$1");


                git sh-i18n--envsubst "$1"


        )
}
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the plumbing scripts and/or are writing new ones.

*git sh-i18n--envsubst* is Git’s stripped-down copy of the GNU **envsubst**(**1**) program that comes with the GNU gettext package. It’s used internally by [**git-sh-i18n**(1)](/man/os/git/git-sh-i18n.1) to interpolate the variables passed to the **eval\_gettext** function.

No promises are made about the interface, or that this program won’t disappear without warning in the next version of Git. Don’t use it.

# [GIT](#GIT)

Part of the [**git**(1)](/man/os/git/git.1) suite

2026-09-28 Git 2.56.0.1.g02cd7dbd

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Document: git-sh-i18n--envsubst(1) from git 2.56.0-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git.git