Re: [PATCH 0/3] Advertise OS version

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 19, 2024, 14:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20240619145246.GB957055@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <000001dac256$d804a510$880def30$@nexbridge.com>

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 10:41:54AM -0400, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:

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> >A configuration knob that would allow it to be disabled entirely, or
> >be enabled with more details to be sent would also be fine with me.
> 
> While in the code, can I suggest including the OpenSSL version used in
> the build? This came up in at a customer a few weeks ago and they
> could not answer the question of what git build they were using.
> Turned out it used the wrong OpenSSL header compared to what they had
> installed.

At the point you are dealing one-on-one with somebody, I don't think protocol-level messages like this are the best spot for debugging. But it might make sense to teach "git version --build-options" to report the openssl version.

-Peff