From 622303a828a01697c037e25557a49197f416f48a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Poblador i Garcia <david@poblador.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 14:32:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow missing placeholders in singular plural forms

---
 lint_po/main.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lint_po/main.py b/lint_po/main.py
index 812aed8..6b13154 100644
--- a/lint_po/main.py
+++ b/lint_po/main.py
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ def process_plural(msgid, msgid_plural, msgstrs, file, line):
       continue
 
     actual = set(extract(msgstr))
-    missing = expected - actual
+    # allow missing placeholders in singular forms (n=0, n=1) since
+    # translators often omit e.g. {count} ("No items", "One item")
+    missing = expected - actual if idx >= 2 else set()
     extra = actual - expected
 
     if len(missing) or len(extra):