---
name: "git-sh-i18n--envsubst"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "2.56.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-sh-i18n--envsubst"
---

# git-sh-i18n--envsubst(1)

Git's own envsubst(1) for i18n fallbacks

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

```
eval_gettext () {
        printf "%s" "$1" | (
                export PATH $(git sh-i18n--envsubst --variables "$1");
                git sh-i18n--envsubst "$1"
        )
}
```

## 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)](/git-sh-i18n/1.md) 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

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