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    NAME
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    git-bugreport - Collect information for user to file a bug report
    
    SYNOPSIS
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    [verse]
    'git bugreport' [(-o | --output-directory) <path>] [(-s | --suffix) <format>]
    
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    		[--diagnose[=<mode>]]
    
    
    DESCRIPTION
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    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
    
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    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
    -------
    -o <path>::
    --output-directory <path>::
    
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    	Place the resulting bug report file in `<path>` instead of the current
    	directory.
    
    
    -s <format>::
    --suffix <format>::
    	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.
    
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    --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>'.
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    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
    linkgit:git-diagnose[1] for the list of valid values for `mode` and details
    about their usage.
    
    
    GIT
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    Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite