Linus Heckemann <g...@sphalerite.org> writes: > Alyssa Ross <h...@alyssa.is> writes: > >> Alyssa Ross <h...@alyssa.is> writes: >> >>> Linus Heckemann <g...@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 h...@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.
Yeah, that sounds like the best way to go. I think it'll swallow /any/ format-patch options when used that way. Would be nice if it warned.
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