Compiler error - msgfmt command not found
Solution 1:
I had the same issue. Thanks to your work on finding it was related to gettext, a simple apt-get install gettext fixed it for me.
Solution 2:
While building Git with Xcode (using Makefile), I had to define NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease in the Makefile to resolve this issue.
Solution 3:
msgfmt is included in the gettext-devel cygwin package. Install that (via setup.exe or apt-cyg) and the error should go away.