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@@ -346,15 +346,37 @@ git config bz.default-component general Note the absence of --global; configuring a default product and component globally is seldom useful. +[[default-field-values]] +DEFAULT FIELD VALUES +-------------------- +When filing a bug, git-bz needs to know the default values to use for +the fields +version+, +op-sys+, +platform+, +assigned-to+ and ++priority+. git-bz has built-in global defaults and specific defaults +for particular common bug trackers, but if you are using a bug tracker +that it doesn't know about, you may need to configure appropriate +field values. Valid values for +priority+ are especially likely to vary +between different Bugzilla instances. + +Also, for +version+, each product has it's own list of versions, and if +the product owner has deleted the +unspecified+ version that git-bz +uses as a default, you'll have to set that. + +The first place that git-bz checks for default field values is in the +bugzilla config variable +bz.default-<field-name>+. So, to change the +default value of version for the current repository, do: + +---------------------------------------- +git config bz.default-version 1.0 +---------------------------------------- + +If no value is set there, then it looks for +default-<field-name>+ in +the per-tracker configuration. See <<per-tracker-configuration, below>>. + +[[per-tracker-configuration]] PER-TRACKER CONFIGURATION ------------------------- -git-bz needs some configuration specific to the bugzilla instance (tracker), -in particular it needs to know initial field values to use when submitting -bugs; legal values for some fields depend on the instance. Initial field -values are specified by the config variable +default-<field-name>+. - -In addition to initial field values, some other variables can be configured -per tracker: +In addition to <<default-field-values, default field values>>, some +other variables can be configured per tracker: auth-user:: the user to use for basic HTTP authentication. Since basic auth sends passwords in clear text, you should not use this unless |