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diff --git a/t/t0200/test.c b/t/t0200/test.c
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+/* This is a phony C program that's only here to test xgettext message extraction */
+
+const char help[] =
+	/* TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it. */
+	N_("See 'git help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.");
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	/* TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it. */
+	puts(_("TEST: A C test string"));
+
+	/* TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it. */
+	printf(_("TEST: A C test string %s"), "variable");
+
+	/* TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it. */
+	printf(_("TEST: Hello World!"));
+
+	/* TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it. */
+	printf(_("TEST: Old English Runes"));
+
+	/* TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it. */
+	printf(_("TEST: ‘single’ and “double” quotes"));
+}
diff --git a/t/t0200/test.perl b/t/t0200/test.perl
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+# This is a phony Perl program that's only here to test xgettext
+# message extraction
+
+# so the above comment won't be folded into the next one by xgettext
+1;
+
+# TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it.
+print __("TEST: A Perl test string");
+
+# TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it.
+printf __("TEST: A Perl test variable %s"), "moo";
+
+# TRANSLATORS: If you see this, Git has a bug
+print _"TEST: A Perl string xgettext will not get";
diff --git a/t/t0200/test.sh b/t/t0200/test.sh
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+# This is a phony Shell program that's only here to test xgettext
+# message extraction
+
+# so the above comment won't be folded into the next one by xgettext
+echo
+
+# TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it.
+gettext "TEST: A Shell test string"
+
+# TRANSLATORS: This is a test. You don't need to translate it.
+eval_gettext "TEST: A Shell test \$variable"
+
+# TRANSLATORS: If you see this, Git has a bug
+_("TEST: A Shell string xgettext won't get")