Hello Phillip,
On 2024-04-17 12:02, Phillip Wood wrote:
On 17/04/2024 04:32, Dragan Simic wrote:
Add --resend as the new command-line option for "git format-patch"
that adds
"RESEND" as a (sub)suffix to the patch subject prefix, eventually
producing
"[PATCH RESEND]" as the default patch subject prefix.
"[PATCH RESEND]" is a patch subject prefix commonly used on mailing
lists
for patches resent to a mailing list after they had attracted no
attention
for some time, usually for a couple of weeks. As such, this subject
prefix
deserves adding --resend as a new shorthand option to "git
format-patch".
Playing devil's advocate for a minute, is this really common enough to
justify a new option when the user can use "--subject-prefix='PATCH
RESEND'" instead?
Based on my experience, "[PATCH RESEND]" is roughly as commonly
used as "[PATCH RFC]". In other words, it obviously isn't used
as much as the good, old plain "[PATCH]", but it is used.
We should also take the overall usability into account, if you
agree. Just like with "--rfc", typing "--resend" is much easier
and quicker than typing "--subject-prefix='PATCH RESEND'", which
is a lot. Defining an alias can help, of course, but that isn't
always a convenient solution.
