Print a template for a new ticket when an error occurs. See #163.

lib/cocoapods/command.rb

 module Pod
   class Command
+    autoload :ErrorReport, 'cocoapods/command/error_report'
     autoload :Install,     'cocoapods/command/install'
+    autoload :List,        'cocoapods/command/list'
     autoload :Repo,        'cocoapods/command/repo'
     autoload :Search,      'cocoapods/command/search'
-    autoload :List,    'cocoapods/command/list'
     autoload :Setup,       'cocoapods/command/setup'
     autoload :Spec,        'cocoapods/command/spec'
 
@@ -52,13 +53,12 @@ module Pod
     def self.run(*argv)
       parse(*argv).run
     rescue Exception => e
-      unless e.is_a?(Informative)
-        puts "Oh no, an error occurred. Please run with `--verbose' and report " \
-             "on https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues."
-        puts ""
-      end
+      if e.is_a?(Informative)
         puts e.message
         puts *e.backtrace if Config.instance.verbose
+      else
+        puts ErrorReport.report(e)
+      end
       exit 1
     end
 

lib/cocoapods/command/error_report.rb

+require 'rbconfig'
+require 'cgi'
+
+module Pod
+  class Command
+    module ErrorReport
+      class << self
+        def report(error)
+          return <<-EOS
+Oh no, an error occurred. #{error_from_podfile(error)}
+
+Search for existing github issues similar to yours:
+
+  https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/search?q=%22#{CGI.escape(error.message)}%22
+
+If none exists, create a ticket with the following information to:
+
+  https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/new
+
+Don't forget to anonymize any private data!
+
+
+### Stack
+
+* Host version: #{host_information}
+* Xcode version: #{xcode_information}
+* Ruby version: #{RUBY_DESCRIPTION}
+* Ruby lib dir: #{RbConfig::CONFIG['libdir']}
+* RubyGems version: #{Gem::VERSION}
+* CocoaPods version: #{Pod::VERSION}
+* Specification repositories:
+  - #{repo_information.join("\n  - ")}
+
+
+### Podfile
+
+```ruby
+#{Config.instance.project_podfile.read}
+```
+
+
+### Error
+
+```
+#{error.message}
+  #{error.backtrace.join("\n  ")}
+```
+EOS
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def error_from_podfile(error)
+          if error.message =~ /Podfile:(\d*)/
+            "It appears to have originated from your Podfile at line #{$1}."
+          end
+        end
+
+        def host_information
+          product, version, build =`sw_vers`.strip.split("\n").map { |line| line.split(":").last.strip }
+          "#{product} #{version} (#{build})"
+        end
+
+        def xcode_information
+          version, build = `xcodebuild -version`.strip.split("\n").map { |line| line.split(" ").last }
+          "#{version} (#{build})"
+        end
+
+        def repo_information
+          Pod::Source.all.map do |source|
+            repo = source.repo
+            Dir.chdir(repo) do
+              url = `git config --get remote.origin.url`.strip
+              sha = `git rev-parse HEAD`.strip
+              "#{repo.basename} - #{url} @ #{sha}"
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/cocoapods/config.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module Pod
     def project_podfile
       unless @project_podfile
         @project_podfile = project_root + 'Podfile'
+        # TODO this has to go, we don't support this anymore!
         unless @project_podfile.exist?
           @project_podfile = project_root.glob('*.podspec').first
         end