Re: [RFC PATCH] help: add optional instructions for reporting bugs

2017-03-13 Thread Stefan Beller
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:50:50PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote: > >> I don't think it's a good idea to add those "hint: ..." and >> "reporting-bugs: ..." lines. >> >> I think it's better to do things like the following: >> >> - add `git version

Re: [RFC PATCH] help: add optional instructions for reporting bugs

2017-03-12 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:50:50PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote: > I don't think it's a good idea to add those "hint: ..." and > "reporting-bugs: ..." lines. > > I think it's better to do things like the following: > > - add `git version -h` > - add proper documentation for `git version` so tha

Re: [RFC PATCH] help: add optional instructions for reporting bugs

2017-03-10 Thread Christian Couder
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Stefan Beller wrote: > >> When reporting bugs, users will usually look at the output of >> 'git --version' at one point to write a quality bug report. >> So that is a good spot to provide additional information to the user >> about

Re: [RFC PATCH] help: add optional instructions for reporting bugs

2017-03-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Stefan Beller wrote: > When reporting bugs, users will usually look at the output of > 'git --version' at one point to write a quality bug report. > So that is a good spot to provide additional information to the user > about e.g. additional the organizational quirks how to report a bug. > >

[RFC PATCH] help: add optional instructions for reporting bugs

2017-03-09 Thread Stefan Beller
Git is distributed in various ways by various organizations. The Git community prefers to have bugs reported on the mailing list, whereas other organizations may rather want to have filed a bug in a bug tracker or such. The point of contact is different by organization as well. When reporting bug