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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. -- ( doc/contributing.texi | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) base-commit: d33ed58169edc027cfb6c256ecabde87e59918ed 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}. @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