Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] Generalize 'scalar diagnose' into 'git diagnose' and 'git bugreport --diagnose'

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 4, 2022, 17:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwnbn6i0v.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1310.v2.git.1659577543.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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>  * (Almost) entirely redesigned the UI for generating diagnostics. The new
>    approach avoids cluttering 'git bugreport' with a mode that doesn't
>    actually generate a report. Now, there are distinct options for different
>    use cases: generating extra diagnostics with a bug report ('git bugreport
>    --diagnose') and generating diagnostics for personal debugging/addition
>    to an existing bug report ('git diagnose').

An additional command gives us far more design flexibility, and in this case I think it may be worth it. It has a risk of confusing users between "git bugreport --diag" and "git diagnose --report" a way to send a report with diagnostic information, though.