On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 10:13 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I do understand and am sympathetic to the desire to reduce the typing > > load (hence, the original `--resend` proposal), but I have difficulty > > believing that `git format-patch` is so commonly used throughout the > > day that the time saved by typing `--resend` over > > `--subject-prefix="RESEND PATCH"` warrants the extra implementation, > > documentation, and testing baggage. Likewise, I don't see the value in > > `--label=WIP` (or `--rfc=WIP` or whatever) over the existing more > > general `--subject-prefix`. > > I am not interested in adding unbounded number of --wip and the like > at all, but the value you seem to be missing of the separate "--rfc" > is that there are folks who configure something other than "PATCH" > to "format.subjectPrefix". They do not want to keep typing > --subject-prefix="PATCH net-next" on the command line, so they use > the configuration variable, which is "set it once and forget". The > stress is on the fact that they can forget about it. Indeed. I was unaware of that behavior.
