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NAME top

   git-bugreport - Collect information for user to file a bug report

SYNOPSIS top

   _git bugreport_ [(-o | --output-directory) <path>]
                   [(-s | --suffix) <format> | --no-suffix]
                   [--diagnose[=<mode>]]

DESCRIPTION top

   Collects information about the user’s machine, Git client, and
   repository state, in addition to a form requesting information
   about the behavior the user observed, and stores it in a single
   text file which the user can then share, for example to the Git
   mailing list, in order to report an observed bug.

   The following information is requested from the user:

   •   Reproduction steps

   •   Expected behavior

   •   Actual behavior

   The following information is captured automatically:

   •   _git version --build-options_

   •   uname sysname, release, version, and machine strings

   •   Compiler-specific info string

   •   A list of enabled hooks

   •   $SHELL

   Additional information may be gathered into a separate zip archive
   using the **--diagnose** option, and can be attached alongside the
   bugreport document to provide additional context to readers.

   This tool is invoked via the typical Git setup process, which
   means that in some cases, it might not be able to launch - for
   example, if a relevant config file is unreadable. In this kind of
   scenario, it may be helpful to manually gather the kind of
   information listed above when manually asking for help.

OPTIONS top

   -o <path>, --output-directory <path>
       Place the resulting bug report file in _<path>_ instead of the
       current directory.

   -s <format>, --suffix <format>, --no-suffix
       Specify an alternate suffix for the bugreport name, to create
       a file named _git-bugreport-<formatted-suffix>_. This should
       take the form of a strftime(3) format string; the current
       local time will be used.  **--no-suffix** disables the suffix and
       the file is just named **git-bugreport** without any
       disambiguation measure.

   --no-diagnose, --diagnose[=<mode>]
       Create a zip archive of supplemental information about the
       user’s machine, Git client, and repository state. The archive
       is written to the same output directory as the bug report and
       is named _git-diagnostics-<formatted-suffix>_.

       Without **mode** specified, the diagnostic archive will contain
       the default set of statistics reported by **git diagnose**. An
       optional **mode** value may be specified to change which
       information is included in the archive. See [git-diagnose(1)](../man1/git-diagnose.1.html)
       for the list of valid values for **mode** and details about their
       usage.

GIT top

   Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suite

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