1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/i18n-diff-auditor b/i18n-diff-auditor
index 73c77ec..8ec5e9f 100755
--- a/i18n-diff-auditor
+++ b/i18n-diff-auditor
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ sub analyse_chunk_core () {
 		elsif ($& ne '%s') { die "unhandled %-subst $&\n"; }
 		$next_y->();
 		die "expected comma, got $y->{P}\n" unless $y->{E} eq ',';
+		if (!length $fmt and
+		    !length $xs and
+		    @xs and
+		    $xs[0]{E} eq '.') {
+		    # X has   "<earlier>" .                <something>
+		    # Y has   "<earlier>%s" [other args] , <something>
+		    $next_x->(); # eat the '.'
+		    next;
+		}
 		if ($xs =~ m{^\@}) {
 		    $next_y->();
 		    die "\@... => not string" unless is_string($y);