bug#59523: closed ([PATCH] doc: contributing: Note '-v REVISION' bug in 'git send-email'.)

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> [PATCH] doc: contributing: Note '-v REVISION' bug in 'git send-email'.
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> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:07:10 +0000
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> * 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.
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> Heya Guix,
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> Turns out that due to a bug in ``git send-email'', using ``-v 2'' with
> a space between the flag and the argument won't work. If you try it, it'll
> print a confusing error message, so this patch updates the manual to note
> this and remove the space in an example that uses it.
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>   -- (
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>  doc/contributing.texi | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
> index 40ae33ecac..913c7cf436 100644
> --- a/doc/contributing.texi
> +++ b/doc/contributing.texi
> @@ -1462,10 +1462,16 @@ address and the @option{-v} flag with @command{git 
> send-email}.
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>  @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
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> +@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
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>  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
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> base-commit: d33ed58169edc027cfb6c256ecabde87e59918ed
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> 2.38.1
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> Hi,
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> Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:
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> > "( via Guix-patches" via <guix-patches@gnu.org> writes:
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> >> * 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.
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> >>  doc/contributing.texi | 8 +++++++-
> >>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> > I've pushed this to master now as
> > 09cd488c973c2ea27cfa2224489aca317f596341.
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> OK! Don't forget to revert when git 2.40 lands in master, as it includes
> a fix.
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> -- 
> Thanks,
> Maxim
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