Re: [PATCH] docs/devel: remove incorrect claim about git send-email

[Linus Heckemann]

Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> writes:

> Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> writes:
>
>> Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org> writes:
>>
>>> While it's unclear to me what git send-email actually does with the
>>> -v2 parameter (it is not documented, but also not rejected), it does
>>> not add a v2 tag to the email's subject, which is what led to the
>>> mishap in [1].
>>>
>>> [1]: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-09/msg00679.html
>>
>> It does for me!
>>
>> Tested with:
>>
>>        git send-email -v2 --to hi@alyssa.is HEAD~
>>
>> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.37.1
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if it only adds it when it's generating the
> patch though.  Did you perhaps run git format-patch first to generate a
> patch file, and then use git send-email to send it?

Yes! I didn't realise that git send-email can be used without the
intermediate format-patch step. I guess it's a git bug that git
send-email will silently ignore -v when used with a patch file. I'll
have a look at fixing that.