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.TH "GIT\-BUGREPORT" "1" "02/02/2026" "Git 2\&.53\&.0" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-bugreport \- Collect information for user to file a bug report
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
\fIgit bugreport\fR [(\-o | \-\-output\-directory) <path>]
                [(\-s | \-\-suffix) <format> | \-\-no\-suffix]
                [\-\-diagnose[=<mode>]]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Collects information about the user\(cqs 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\&.
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The following information is requested from the user:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Reproduction steps
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Expected behavior
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Actual behavior
.RE
.sp
The following information is captured automatically:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fIgit version \-\-build\-options\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
uname sysname, release, version, and machine strings
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Compiler\-specific info string
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
A list of enabled hooks
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
$SHELL
.RE
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Additional information may be gathered into a separate zip archive using the \fB\-\-diagnose\fR option, and can be attached alongside the bugreport document to provide additional context to readers\&.
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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\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-o <path>, \-\-output\-directory <path>
.RS 4
Place the resulting bug report file in
\fI<path>\fR
instead of the current directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\-s <format>, \-\-suffix <format>, \-\-no\-suffix
.RS 4
Specify an alternate suffix for the bugreport name, to create a file named
\fIgit\-bugreport\-<formatted\-suffix>\fR\&. This should take the form of a strftime(3) format string; the current local time will be used\&.
\fB\-\-no\-suffix\fR
disables the suffix and the file is just named
\fBgit\-bugreport\fR
without any disambiguation measure\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-no\-diagnose, \-\-diagnose[=<mode>]
.RS 4
Create a zip archive of supplemental information about the user\(cqs machine, Git client, and repository state\&. The archive is written to the same output directory as the bug report and is named
\fIgit\-diagnostics\-<formatted\-suffix>\fR\&.
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Without
\fBmode\fR
specified, the diagnostic archive will contain the default set of statistics reported by
\fBgit\fR
\fBdiagnose\fR\&. An optional
\fBmode\fR
value may be specified to change which information is included in the archive\&. See
\fBgit-diagnose\fR(1)
for the list of valid values for
\fBmode\fR
and details about their usage\&.
.RE
.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite
