Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: Print a useful error when called in a non-bash shell

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Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: Print a useful error when called in a non-bash shell

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:13

Andrew Sayers [off-list ref] writes:
Would you be amenable in principle to creating something like `man
git-bug`?  A quick search doesn't turn up any documents specifically
about bug fixing/reporting, and a man page was the first place I thought
to look.
I'd be perfectly fine with something like this.  People may want to add a
sentence or two to give tips on how to make sure that they are actual
bugs.


 Documentation/git.txt |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 59f291d..3ba004f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -727,6 +727,14 @@ The documentation for git suite was started by David Greaves
 <david@dgreaves.com>, and later enhanced greatly by the
 contributors on the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
+Reporting Bugs
+--------------
+
+If you found a bug, please send a bug report to the Git mailing list
+<git@vger.kernel.org>, where the development and maintenance is primarily
+done.  You do not have to be subscribed to the list to send a message
+there.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7],

Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: Print a useful error when called in a non-bash shell

From: Stephen Boyd <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:13

  On 07/29/2010 04:38 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
+Reporting Bugs
+--------------
+
+If you found a bug, please send a bug report to the Git mailing list
+[off-list ref], where the development and maintenance is primarily
+done.  You do not have to be subscribed to the list to send a message
+there.
+
I like it. How do I know if I found a bug though? Probably better to just say:

	Report bugs to the Git mailing list[off-list ref]
	where development and ...
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