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

[Alyssa Ross]

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?

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