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Re: [PATCH] bugreport: add tool to generate debugging info

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 15, 2019, 22:29 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqq7e7e2hbv.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To
<20190815215225.GB208753@google.com>
Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> writes:
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>> > +NOTE
>> > +----
>> > +Bug reports can be sent to git@vger.kernel.org.
>> 
>> I am not sure if this belongs here.
>
> Sure, I wasn't certain either. Would you rather I remove the "what to do
> with this bugreport" NOTE section entirely?

Not really. You are invoking an editor to let the user edit the pre-populated report, and I would imagine that a comment in that file would be the best place to give instructions, not a manpage for "git bugreport" command.

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> So, what's your suggestion? Not to check the output at all? (This may
> actually be fine; it occurred to me while reading your review that if a
> user is filing a bug report about something, one of the diagnostic
> commands in bugreport might be what's broken for them. So perhaps it
> should be tolerant to missing information...)
Right.
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Message 15 of 68 in “bugreport: add tool to generate debugging info”
  1. bugreport: add tool to generate debugging infoEmily Shaffer, Aug 15, 2019
  2. Derrick StoleeAug 15, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2019
  4. Emily ShafferAug 15, 2019
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2019
  6. Emily ShafferAug 16, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2019
  8. Emily ShafferAug 16, 2019
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 15, 2019
  10. Emily ShafferAug 15, 2019
  11. Johannes SchindelinAug 16, 2019
  12. Emily ShafferAug 15, 2019
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2019
  14. Emily ShafferAug 15, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2019
  16. Emily ShafferAug 15, 2019
  17. 0/2 add git-bugreport toolEmily Shaffer, Aug 17, 2019
  18. 2/2 bugreport: generate config whitelist based on docsEmily Shaffer, Aug 17, 2019
  19. Martin ÅgrenAug 17, 2019
  20. Emily ShafferAug 21, 2019
  21. 1/2 bugreport: add tool to generate debugging infoEmily Shaffer, Aug 17, 2019
  22. 0/9 add git-bugreport toolEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  23. 1/9 bugreport: add tool to generate debugging infoEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  24. Josh SteadmonOct 29, 2019
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2019
  26. Emily ShafferNov 19, 2019
  27. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2019
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2019
  29. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2019
  30. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2019
  31. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2019
  32. Emily ShafferNov 20, 2019
  33. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2019
  34. 2/9 bugreport: generate config whitelist based on docsEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  35. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  36. 3/9 bugreport: add version and system informationEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  37. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  38. Emily ShafferNov 8, 2019
  39. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2019
  40. Emily ShafferNov 14, 2019
  41. Josh SteadmonOct 29, 2019
  42. 4/9 bugreport: add config values from whitelistEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  43. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  44. Emily ShafferDec 11, 2019
  45. Johannes SchindelinDec 15, 2019
  46. Josh SteadmonOct 29, 2019
  47. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2019
  48. Emily ShafferNov 14, 2019
  49. 5/9 bugreport: collect list of populated hooksEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  50. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  51. Emily ShafferDec 11, 2019
  52. Johannes SchindelinDec 15, 2019
  53. 6/9 bugreport: count loose objectsEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  54. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  55. Emily ShafferDec 10, 2019
  56. Josh SteadmonOct 29, 2019
  57. 7/9 bugreport: add packed object summaryEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  58. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  59. Emily ShafferDec 11, 2019
  60. Johannes SchindelinDec 11, 2019
  61. Emily ShafferDec 11, 2019
  62. 8/9 bugreport: list contents of $OBJDIR/infoEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  63. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  64. 9/9 bugreport: print contents of alternates fileEmily Shaffer, Oct 25, 2019
  65. Johannes SchindelinOct 28, 2019
  66. Emily ShafferNov 19, 2019
  67. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2019
  68. Johannes SchindelinOct 29, 2019

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