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4 <sect2 lang="en" id="git-bugreport(1)">
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5 <title>git-bugreport(1)</title>
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7 <primary>git-bugreport(1)</primary>
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9 <simplesect id="git-bugreport(1)__name">
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11 <simpara>git-bugreport - Collect information for user to file a bug report</simpara>
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13 <simplesect id="git-bugreport(1)__synopsis">
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14 <title>SYNOPSIS</title>
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16 <literallayout><emphasis>git bugreport</emphasis> [(-o | --output-directory) <path>] [(-s | --suffix) <format>]</literallayout>
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19 <simplesect id="git-bugreport(1)__description">
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20 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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21 <simpara>Captures information about the user's machine, Git client, and repository state,
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22 as well as a form requesting information about the behavior the user observed,
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23 into a single text file which the user can then share, for example to the Git
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24 mailing list, in order to report an observed bug.</simpara>
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25 <simpara>The following information is requested from the user:</simpara>
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43 <simpara>The following information is captured automatically:</simpara>
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47 <emphasis>git version --build-options</emphasis>
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52 uname sysname, release, version, and machine strings
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57 Compiler-specific info string
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62 A list of enabled hooks
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71 <simpara>This tool is invoked via the typical Git setup process, which means that in some
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72 cases, it might not be able to launch - for example, if a relevant config file
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73 is unreadable. In this kind of scenario, it may be helpful to manually gather
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74 the kind of information listed above when manually asking for help.</simpara>
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76 <simplesect id="git-bugreport(1)__options">
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77 <title>OPTIONS</title>
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84 --output-directory <path>
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88 Place the resulting bug report file in <emphasis><path></emphasis> instead of the root of
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98 --suffix <format>
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102 Specify an alternate suffix for the bugreport name, to create a file
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103 named <emphasis>git-bugreport-<formatted suffix></emphasis>. This should take the form of a
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104 strftime(3) format string; the current local time will be used.
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110 <simplesect id="git-bugreport(1)__git">
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112 <simpara>Part of the <xref linkend="git(1)" /> suite</simpara>
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