From cd2d4d4fa29d666ec0037214086be1110ec20f17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: frosch <frosch@openttd.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:21:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Change: Default base language to en_GB for first uploads.

---
 scripts/lang_sync | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lang_sync b/scripts/lang_sync
index a10f5f3..8540ab8 100755
--- a/scripts/lang_sync
+++ b/scripts/lang_sync
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ def perform_operation(op_type, lang_type, credits_handle):
             break
 
     if blng is None:
-        print("Error: No base language found (neither from Eints nor given with --base-lang)")
-        sys.exit(1)
+        # use default value
+        blng = get_languagedata_by_isocode("en_GB")
 
     # Filter languages.
     path_base = None
@@ -1131,6 +1131,7 @@ Getting project information:
     In case Eints does not know the base language (mostly at initial import),
     this option can be used to specify it manually. It can either be the isocode,
     or the ##grflangid (a string of the form "0x[HEX][HEX]").
+    (Default: "en_GB")
 
 --credits=FNAME
     Credits for translation string changes are written in the provided FNAME.