On 2019-07-11 at 15:28:27, Mark T. Ortell wrote: > Hello, > > I am doing a software tool assessment for functional safety and I am > reviewing the use of Git as the SCM. One thing that I need to do is review > the list of "known issues" with the Git release being used. I have gone > through the release notes and found that it only contains the fixes and > enhancements in a particular release of Git, it does not contain a list of > known issues/errata in a particular release. The github project also does not > include the bug tracking list, so I am not able to figure out a way to review > the known issues for a particular release. I considered reviewing the fixes > in releases beyond the release used, but that has 2 problems. One, it doesn't > contain any issues that are yet to be fixed. Two, only the fixes in the > "next" release are truly relevant because fixes after that could have been > introduced in a release after the release being used. An additional note is > that the Git for Windows project does provide a list of known issues in the > install > > Could someone in this mailing list assist me in finding the known issues for > a particular version?
It sounds like what you're asking is for a bug tracker that lists all known issues. Git doesn't have one of those; we instead use the mailing list for reporting issues. We've considered using a bug tracker in the past, but the idea hasn't caught on yet. The GitHub project is a mirror; it isn't the canonical resource, and the Git project doesn't use it for issues or pull requests. Both of these are also the same policy as for the Linux kernel[0], which you may or may not use. If you're looking for an easy way to check off a compliance box, you may need to work with your management and/or auditors to see what approach you use for other software (such as Linux) that has nontraditional bug reporting practices. If you typically use a Linux distro that addresses this issue for you, then you'll probably want to use Git from that source as well. Alternatively, you can use Git for Windows on a non-Windows system; it should compile and run just fine on Linux, macOS, and Windows, although it tends to carry more patches than Git itself. [0] Yes, kernel.org has a bug tracker, but it is known to be incomplete and many issues are raised only on the various mailing lists. -- brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US OpenPGP: https://keybase.io/bk2204
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