So here is the hopefully final round. I think the first one is good, but the second one is of dubious and possibly negative value (for the reasons, see its proposed log message), so I am undecided. Junio C Hamano (2): format-patch: allow --rfc to optionally take a value, like --rfc=WIP format-patch: "--rfc=-(WIP)" appends to produce [PATCH (WIP)] Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 19 ++++++++++++++----- builtin/log.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Range-diff against v2: 1: bffe0055d0 ! 1: a874b85cb5 format-patch: allow --rfc to optionally take a value, like --rfc=WIP @@ builtin/log.c: static int subject_prefix_callback(const struct option *opt, cons +static int rfc_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, + int unset) +{ -+ struct strbuf *rfc; ++ const char **rfc = opt->value; + -+ rfc = opt->value; -+ strbuf_reset(rfc); ++ *rfc = opt->value; + if (!unset) -+ strbuf_addstr(rfc, arg ? arg : "RFC"); ++ *rfc = arg ? arg : "RFC"; + return 0; +} + @@ builtin/log.c: int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pre struct strbuf rdiff2 = STRBUF_INIT; struct strbuf rdiff_title = STRBUF_INIT; struct strbuf sprefix = STRBUF_INIT; -+ struct strbuf rfc = STRBUF_INIT; ++ const char *rfc = NULL; int creation_factor = -1; - int rfc = 0; @@ builtin/log.c: int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *pre N_("cover-from-description-mode"), N_("generate parts of a cover letter based on a branch's description")), @@ builtin/log.c: int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) - if (cover_from_description_arg) cover_from_description_mode = parse_cover_from_description(cover_from_description_arg); -- if (rfc) + if (rfc) - strbuf_insertstr(&sprefix, 0, "RFC "); -+ if (rfc.len) -+ strbuf_insertf(&sprefix, 0, "%s ", rfc.buf); ++ strbuf_insertf(&sprefix, 0, "%s ", rfc); if (reroll_count) { strbuf_addf(&sprefix, " v%s", reroll_count); -: ---------- > 2: 6b82e903b6 format-patch: "--rfc=-(WIP)" appends to produce [PATCH (WIP)] -- 2.45.0-rc0