From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.manjaro.org (mail.manjaro.org [116.203.91.91]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DDA87FBD2 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.203.91.91 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713351174; cv=none; b=Oeqql+RiSpIuEY26eq0k+eSpZpt5JTVs8/fsn9/BZDIrtNhVbpBClReU8kUfNdlKOalNZV8P8yHgXeAT8qDwRJ1Uc+4uQXgPK/236rJ4sUsxjEX7e/yRKk92G1OzjXY5F8EnO9IQvGq16Vi222838ja7md9ui/y0KLCWTyNDCvU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713351174; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QZxSfYt7XWYagqiTL0bAy7kYuzebnsIbuIo1cgoQcU8=; h=MIME-Version:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References: Message-ID:Content-Type; b=Np+DNyvKdWUTPR7PF54Ludid1UdCxpNlHKRfI7IYwRd2euG5am5lB++WRpOlH0PkJwWYqpqiPLkTJGKfbNz5bASLxXjWZLC9VSje/jUyZnq0us4t+Norml1XjMrxDkK/hLhH60HH2aOnLUTC9a/APol6oGouxKzHcnodmV5ZZL8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=manjaro.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=manjaro.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=manjaro.org header.i=@manjaro.org header.b=fEQVzlNB; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.203.91.91 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=manjaro.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=manjaro.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=manjaro.org header.i=@manjaro.org header.b="fEQVzlNB" Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=manjaro.org; s=2021; t=1713351168; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=/t1VSGNRSw7h2ba3I6vUehNcqsAw9UFBMDeMeM+SyX8=; b=fEQVzlNBvM1db12SXjFd6IX48zk73emygMlj5LArfKADFNY7GAKoe3gLftH2QSglpWWxZd 3LUNFyUYbj6qSVIf+LxbMBtO74pn7sw7VzwRrjG2y0DNmPT41zN05DxDJ6sQs9Vg5nFHzB V6DCy9gzBTpa3pXEazFezq+BR9ghTwbplXL3T3t9txpBRNu2efE6w3AUK+n0LcZMoFmASH G7Uv4JAOHIOJQP5fqAICOYul2cOPXAJCLXJ/OAOny+NF+bbxKAc0CccOrnkNNYTYQrbYga JJ6LNvXS+w9OKFL4g7tPW3V6CupftEm/ydMKVdvvmMUs7/hVK16GtnMGl9O9NA== Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:52:48 +0200 From: Dragan Simic To: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] format-patch: new --resend option for adding "RESEND" to patch subjects In-Reply-To: <154b085c-3e92-4eb6-b6a6-97aa02f8f07d@gmail.com> References: <1d9c6ce3df714211889453c245485d46b43edff6.1713324598.git.dsimic@manjaro.org> <154b085c-3e92-4eb6-b6a6-97aa02f8f07d@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1f31004bd8445e1e4717817638d5509a@manjaro.org> X-Sender: dsimic@manjaro.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Authentication-Results: ORIGINATING; auth=pass smtp.auth=dsimic@manjaro.org smtp.mailfrom=dsimic@manjaro.org 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.