Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> ..., 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. The very original --rfc did overwrote --subject-prefix and did not have a good reason to exist. But with the relatively recent update, it gained its usefulness. Thanks.
