RE: [PATCH v4 0/7] scalar: implement the subcommand "diagnose"

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: May 17, 2022, 15:28 UTC
Message-ID: <00f201d86a02$c6399150$52acb3f0$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <220517.86y1z05gja.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>

On May 17, 2022 11:03 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

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>On Tue, May 10 2022, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> Over the course of the years, we developed a sub-command that gathers
>> diagnostic data into a .zip file that can then be attached to bug reports.
>> This sub-command turned out to be very useful in helping Scalar
>> developers identify and fix issues.
>
>I don't mind this as some intermediate step, but re the context of the plan for
>scalar "eventually going away" (discussed in previous threads) I wonder why
>(especially re the earlier thread upthread at [1]) this isn't being added to "git
>bugreport".
>
>Is the plan to integrate this into "git bugreport" eventually?
>
>1.
>https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2202062213030.347@tvgsbejvaqbjf.
>bet/

Could this also not be useful in fsck, as --diagnose? That's the go-to command when there are issues for many users. --Randall