On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 03:54:25PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ---rfc::
> - Prepends "RFC" to the subject prefix (producing "RFC PATCH" by
> - default). RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending
> - an experimental patch for discussion rather than application.
> +--rfc[=<rfc>]::
> + Prepends the string _<rfc>_ (defaults to "RFC") to
> + the subject prefix. As the subject prefix defaults to
> + "PATCH", you'll get "RFC PATCH" by default.
> ++
> +RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending
> +an experimental patch for discussion rather than application.
> +"--rfc=WIP" may also be a useful way to indicate that a patch
> +is not complete yet.
It's probably worth spelling out WIP here, too, like:
...is not complete yet ("WIP" stands for "Work In Progress").
These are necessarily going to be project-specific phrases, and readers
of the manpage may not be familiar with our conventions.
-Peff
