Is it possible to combine two .po translation files together?

Question

We have two .po files, each from different branches of a piece of software.

We need to combine these into a single .po file.

There are duplicates between the two

Answer 1

you can use poedit. To merge your current po-file, you must to open it and click:

• Catalog > Update from POT-file.
• Set the filter to all files and select your second.po file

Poedit will show you new & obsolete strings