Change #228822

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xgettext: Add an option to opt-out of the use of git for the POT-Creation-Date.
Reported by Serhii Tereshchenko at <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66865>.

* autogen.sh (GNULIB_MODULES_TOOLS_FOR_SRC): Add stat-time.
* gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c: Include stat-time.h.
(xgettext_no_git): New variable.
(long_options): Add option '--no-git'.
(main): Handle the option --no-git.
(usage): Document the option --no-git.
(struct accumulator): New type, copied from gnulib/lib/vc-mtime.c.
(accumulate): New function, copied from gnulib/lib/vc-mtime.c.
(max_mtime_without_git): New function, based on gnulib/lib/vc-mtime.c.
(finalize_header): Conditionally invoke max_mtime_without_git instead of
max_vc_mtime.
* gettext-tools/doc/xgettext.texi: Document the option --no-git.
* NEWS: Mention the change.

Changed files

• NEWS
• autogen.sh
• gettext-tools/doc/xgettext.texi
• gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c