alloc_ref_from_str(): factor out a common pattern of alloc_ref from string

diff --git a/git-gui/Makefile b/git-gui/Makefile
index 01e0a46ba56faa8a17ed8710346b18dd215899c7..b19fb2d64e777102fed94d485f869ad6695bbb62 100644 (file)
--- a/git-gui/Makefile
+++ b/git-gui/Makefile
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ ifdef NO_MSGFMT
        MSGFMT ?= $(TCL_PATH) po/po2msg.sh
 else
        MSGFMT ?= msgfmt
-       ifeq ($(shell $(MSGFMT) >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo $$?),127)
+       ifneq ($(shell $(MSGFMT) --tcl -l C -d . /dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?),0)
                MSGFMT := $(TCL_PATH) po/po2msg.sh
        endif
 endif