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Translation for skeleton directories

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0. Needs triage enhancement feature: language/translations (l10n/i18n) feature: users and groups
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I've just installed a new nextcloud instance for a german nonprofit, and tested the german localization. I noticed that even when setting the default_locale to de_DE in config.php, new users will still get the international version of the skeleton directory.

I'm going to add a german translation of the skeleton directory on my local instance, by using the {lang}-placeholder in the skeletondirectory config variable.

However, I wondered how we could improve Nextcloud to already ship localized versions of the skeleton directory? What would be the best way to add this to the server source?

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Start by tracing the server's skeletondirectory configuration and its {lang} placeholder, then investigate how default_locale is applied when new users are created. The work is done when Nextcloud ships localized skeleton directories and selects the appropriate version for a user's locale without requiring a custom skeletondirectory setting.

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Tech stack
php
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backend
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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