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patchbugreport: Add hint to answer questionnaire in English

Subject: [PATCH] bugreport: Add hint to answer questionnaire in English

## tl;dr

One message between Sep 3, 2021 and Sep 3, 2021. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Bagas Sanjaya· Sep 3, 2021, 11:58 UTC · lore

Depending on system locale, git bugreport may launch the localized bug report questionnaire (and thus users respond it in their native language). However, many Git support forums (including git@vger.kernel.org) expects bug reports written in English.

Add a hint that answering the questionnaire in English will increase chances for bug reports to be responded.

Fixes: 238b439d69 (bugreport: add tool to generate debugging info,
2020-04-16)
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
---
 In [1], Junio suggests to add hint for filling in bug report answers
 in English. That stems from my responses to Krzysztof Żelechowski's bug
 report [2], which advise him to re-submit the report in English.
 [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqeeaiodxc.fsf@gitster.g/
 [2]:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/22496693-cf63-a278-c85e-d9e4376e2a59@gmail.com/
 builtin/bugreport.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Show changes to builtin/bugreport.c +1 −0
diff --git a/builtin/bugreport.c b/builtin/bugreport.c
index 9915a5841d..56ccd0fc41 100644
--- a/builtin/bugreport.c
+++ b/builtin/bugreport.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ 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"
+"Answering in English will give a better chance for your issue to be responded.\n"
 "\n"
 "What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)\n"
 "\n"

base-commit: 6c40894d2466d4e7fddc047a05116aa9d14712ee
-- 
2.25.1

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