git-bugreport (1) Linux Manual Page
git-bugreport – Collect information for user to file a bug report
Synopsis
git bugreport [(-o | –output-directory) <path>] [(-s | –suffix) <format>]
Description
Captures information about the user’s machine, Git client, and repository state, as well as a form requesting information about the behavior the user observed, into 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
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.