@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ Changes v1 -> v2:
Any patch revision should include the version number. The version number
is simply composed of the letter +v+ followed by an +integer+ greater or
-equal to two (i.e. "PATCH v2", "PATCH v3" ...).
+equal to two (i.e. "PATCH v2", "PATCH v3" ...). Note that when your patch
+series is introduced by a cover letter, an overall patch version may be
+added to the cover letter in addition/instead to the individual commits.
This can be easily handled with +git format-patch+ by using the option
+--subject-prefix+:
Signed-off-by: Jerzy Grzegorek <jerzy.grzegorek@trzebnica.net> --- docs/manual/contribute.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)