Subject: Re: [git-scm.com PATCH] community: advertise 'git-bugreport' tool

From: Emily Shaffer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 16:53:30 -0700

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 04:33:16PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> Emily Shaffer <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> >    <p>
> >      Bugs in git can be reported directly to the mailing list (see above for
> > -    details). Note that you do not need to subscribe to the list to send
> > -    to it. You can help us out by attempting to reproduce the bug in the latest
> > -    released version of git, or if you're willing to build git from source, the
> > -    <a href="https://github.com/git/git/tree/next"><code>next</code> branch</a>.
> > +    details). Note that you do not need to subscribe to the list to send to it.
> > +    If you are using git 2.27.0 or later, you can run <code>git bugreport</code>,
> > +    which generates a template to guide you through writing a useful bug report
> > +    and gathers some diagnostic information about your environment. You can
> > +    help us out by attempting to reproduce the bug in the latest released
> > +    version of git, or if you're willing to build git from source, the
> > +    <a href="https:/break/github.com/git/git/tree/next"><code>next</code> branch</a>.
> 
> It took me a bit more then necessary to spot this due to rewrapping
> of the string, but I do not think you meant "https:/break/" there.
> 
> Care to share how it happened (what tool has the tendency to
> introduce this particular breakage)?

Yes, I noticed it late. I have no idea how it happened - I imagine I
leaned on my touchpad (middle mouse paste) while typing or otherwise
mashed some keys in Vim.  In other words, the tool was me :)  Have fixed
it locally, thanks for spying it.

 - Emily