git bug reporting

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 29, 2011, 19:26 UTC
Message-ID: <20110829192618.GF756@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110829132052.0ad7a088@robyn.woti.com>

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:20:52PM -0400, Bryan Jacobs wrote:

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> Dear git Developers,
> 
> Apologies if this is not the right forum for bug reports. I was unable
> to find a Bugzilla/Redmine/Flyspray instance for issue maintenance, nor
> some "proper procedure" on the git web page.

Yes, this is the right place. This question seems to be coming up a lot lately. And indeed, looking at the webpage and the wiki, we are not very clear that the mailing list is the place for such things.

Do you mind telling us where you looked? That will give us at least one spot that we know should be more clear. :)

In the meantime, I've updated:

  1. The GitCommunity wiki page to mention that bug reports should go
     to the list.

  2. Added an entry "How do I report a bug in git?" to the FAQ on the
     wiki.

  3. Sent Scott a patch for git-scm.org to mention bug reporting under
     the big "Got questions" banner on the front page that points people
     to the mailing list. Pull request is here:

       https://github.com/schacon/gitscm/pull/11

     It may make sense to have a specific page on reporting bugs, and
     link to it via a bigger "how to report bugs" somewhere on the front
     page of git-scm.org.

-Peff