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author( <paren@disroot.org>2022-11-26 11:54:24 +0000
committerChristopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>2023-01-11 10:31:58 +0000
commit09cd488c973c2ea27cfa2224489aca317f596341 (patch)
tree8f17ceb423945b5ddac1622df0cd62f98421d62b /doc
parent9aa2b7419854306b7ae78d4c4f7684316b834b1d (diff)
doc: contributing: Note '-v REVISION' bug in 'git send-email'.
* doc/contributing.texi ("Submitting Patches")["Sending a Patch Series"]: Note that a bug in 'git send-email' means '-v REVISION' (with a space) will not work. Signed-off-by: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
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@@ -1467,10 +1467,16 @@ address and the @option{-v} flag with @command{git send-email}.
@example
$ git commit -a
-$ git send-email -1 -a --base=auto -v @var{REVISION} \
+$ git send-email -1 -a --base=auto -v@var{REVISION} \
--to=@var{ISSUE_NUMBER}@@debbugs.gnu.org
@end example
+@quotation Note
+Due to an apparent bug in @command{git send-email},
+@option{-v @var{REVISION}} (with the space) will not work; you
+@emph{must} use @option{-v@var{REVISION}}.
+@end quotation
+
You can find out @var{ISSUE_NUMBER} either by searching on the mumi
interface at @url{issues.guix.gnu.org} for the name of your patch or
reading the acknowledgement email sent automatically by Debbugs in