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[PATCH] bugreport: add quoted line prefixes

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 23, 2021, 17:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20210723175950.64955-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

With quoted line prefixes it's easier to distinguish what are the standard questions, and what are the user responses.

Additionally it's easier for the reporter to visualize what has she responded.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---

Lately I've seen a bunch of bug reports on the mailing list, but I find it hard to parse the questions from the responses.

 builtin/bugreport.c | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/bugreport.c b/builtin/bugreport.c
index 9915a5841d..10e55afe37 100644
--- a/builtin/bugreport.c
+++ b/builtin/bugreport.c
@@ -94,21 +94,21 @@ static const char * const bugreport_usage[] = {
 static int get_bug_template(struct strbuf *template)
 {
 	const char template_text[] = N_(
-"Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!\n"
-"Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.\n"
+"> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!\n"
+"> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.\n"
 "\n"
-"What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)\n"
+"> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)\n"
 "\n"
-"What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)\n"
+"> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)\n"
 "\n"
-"What happened instead? (Actual behavior)\n"
+"> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)\n"
 "\n"
-"What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?\n"
+"> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?\n"
 "\n"
-"Anything else you want to add:\n"
+"> Anything else you want to add:\n"
 "\n"
-"Please review the rest of the bug report below.\n"
-"You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.\n");
+"> Please review the rest of the bug report below.\n"
+"> You can delete any lines you don't wish to share.\n");
 
 	strbuf_addstr(template, _(template_text));
 	return 0;
-- 
2.32.0.40.gb9b36f9b52
Next: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
Message 1 of 5 in “bugreport: add quoted line prefixes”
  1. bugreport: add quoted line prefixesFelipe Contreras, Jul 23, 2021
  2. bugreport: use quoted line prefixeskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Aug 15, 2025
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2025
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkAug 23, 2025
  5. bugreport: use quoted line prefixes & more blank lineskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Aug 22, 2025

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