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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-09 13:34:27 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt b/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..392d9eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-bugreport.txt @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +git-bugreport(1) +================ + +NAME +---- +git-bugreport - Collect information for user to file a bug report + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git bugreport' [(-o | --output-directory) <path>] [(-s | --suffix) <format>] + [--diagnose[=<mode>]] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Collects information about the user's machine, Git client, and repository +state, in addition to a form requesting information about the behavior the +user observed, and stores it in a single text file which the user can then +share, for example to the Git mailing list, in order to report an observed +bug. + +The following information is requested from the user: + + - Reproduction steps + - Expected behavior + - Actual behavior + +The following information is captured automatically: + + - 'git version --build-options' + - uname sysname, release, version, and machine strings + - Compiler-specific info string + - A list of enabled hooks + - $SHELL + +Additional information may be gathered into a separate zip archive using the +`--diagnose` option, and can be attached alongside the bugreport document to +provide additional context to readers. + +This tool is invoked via the typical Git setup process, which means that in some +cases, it might not be able to launch - for example, if a relevant config file +is unreadable. In this kind of scenario, it may be helpful to manually gather +the kind of information listed above when manually asking for help. + +OPTIONS +------- +-o <path>:: +--output-directory <path>:: + Place the resulting bug report file in `<path>` instead of the current + directory. + +-s <format>:: +--suffix <format>:: + Specify an alternate suffix for the bugreport name, to create a file + named 'git-bugreport-<formatted suffix>'. This should take the form of a + strftime(3) format string; the current local time will be used. + +--no-diagnose:: +--diagnose[=<mode>]:: + Create a zip archive of supplemental information about the user's + machine, Git client, and repository state. The archive is written to the + same output directory as the bug report and is named + 'git-diagnostics-<formatted suffix>'. ++ +Without `mode` specified, the diagnostic archive will contain the default set of +statistics reported by `git diagnose`. An optional `mode` value may be specified +to change which information is included in the archive. See +linkgit:git-diagnose[1] for the list of valid values for `mode` and details +about their usage. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |