From 09cd488c973c2ea27cfa2224489aca317f596341 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(" Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:54:24 +0000 Subject: 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 --- doc/contributing.texi | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3