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[PATCH] git.txt: mention mailing list archive

From
MÅMartin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 19, 2018, 16:43 UTC
Message-ID
<6319b34fc808ff6d8948e59f381cc5342b9ef17d.1537375332.git.martin.agren@gmail.com>

In the "Reporting Bugs" section of git(1), we refer to the mailing list, but we do not give any hint about where the archives might be found. Copy the text from README.md on this to give potential reporters an honest chance of finding out whether their bug has already been reported.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 74a9d7edb4..40eaccafb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -858,7 +858,9 @@ Reporting Bugs
 
 Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the
 development and maintenance is primarily done.  You do not have to be
-subscribed to the list to send a message there.
+subscribed to the list to send a message there. The mailing list archives
+are available at <https://public-inbox.org/git/>,
+<http://marc.info/?l=git> and other archival sites.
 
 Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
 the Git Security mailing list <git-security@googlegroups.com>.
-- 
2.19.0.216.g2d3b1c576c
Next: Junio C Hamano
Message 1 of 12 in “git.txt: mention mailing list archive”
  1. git.txt: mention mailing list archiveMartin Ågren, Sep 19, 2018
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2018
  3. Martin ÅgrenSep 26, 2018
  4. Taylor BlauSep 26, 2018
  5. git.txt: mention mailing list archiveMartin Ågren, Sep 27, 2018
  6. Jonathan NiederSep 27, 2018
  7. Martin ÅgrenSep 27, 2018
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2018
  9. git doc: direct bug reporters to mailing list archive (Re: [PATCH v2] git.txt: mention mailing list archive)Jonathan Nieder, Sep 28, 2018
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2018
  11. Jonathan NiederSep 28, 2018
  12. Jonathan NiederSep 28, 2018

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