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| author | ( <paren@disroot.org> | 2022-11-26 11:54:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> | 2023-01-11 10:31:58 +0000 |
| commit | 09cd488c973c2ea27cfa2224489aca317f596341 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f17ceb423945b5ddac1622df0cd62f98421d62b /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | 9aa2b7419854306b7ae78d4c4f7684316b834b1d (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 97137963af..c436bc4a31 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -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 |