---
name: "git-bugreport"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "2.56.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-bugreport"
---

# git-bugreport(1)

Collect information for user to file a bug report

## NAME

git-bugreport - Collect information for user to file a bug report

## SYNOPSIS

```
git bugreport [(-o | --output-directory) <path>]
                [(-s | --suffix) <format> | --no-suffix]
                [--diagnose[=<mode>]]
```

## DESCRIPTION

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

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\>

  Place the resulting bug report file in *\<path\>* instead of the current directory.

- \-s \<format\>, --suffix \<format\>, --no-suffix

  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)](/strftime/3.md) format string; the current local time will be used. **--no-suffix** disables the suffix and the file is just named **git-bugreport** without any disambiguation measure.

- \--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\>*.

  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 [**git-diagnose**(1)](/git-diagnose/1.md) for the list of valid values for **mode** and details about their usage.

## GIT

Part of the [**git**(1)](/git/1.md) suite