From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] format-patch: fix an option coexistence bug and add new --resend option
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:02:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cRkrMDkQKnwaTGY4djwgC6mGqngB-4HfGQm1TNCq4Q4+w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1713324598.git.dsimic@manjaro.org>
On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 11:33 PM Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> wrote:
> This series fixes a bug that allows --rfc and -k options to be specified
> together when running "git format-patch". This bug was introduced about
> eight months ago, but it has remained undetected, presumably because of
> lacking test coverage. While fixing this bug, also add a test that covers
> this mutual exclusion, for future coverage.
>
> This series also adds --resend as the new option for "git format-patch"
> that adds "RESEND" as a (sub)suffix to the patch subject prefix, which
> eventually produces "[PATCH RESEND]" as the default patch subject prefix.
> This subject prefix is commonly used on mailing lists to denote patches
> resent after they had attracted no attention for a while.
I'd recommend splitting this into two series, one which fixes the bug,
and one which introduces the new feature. Otherwise, the bug fix is
likely to be held hostage as reviewers bikeshed over the new feature
and opine about whether such a feature is even desirable[*]. As a
result, the bug fix may take much longer to get applied than if
submitted as a standalone series.
[*] For instance, my knee-jerk reaction is that we don't want to keep
piling on these special-case flags each time someone wants their new
favorite word as a lead-in to "PATCH". In addition to --rfc, and
--resend, the next person might want --rfd or --tbd, etc. More
palatable would be a general-purpose option which lets you specify the
prefix which appears in front of "PATCH", but even that can be argued
as unnecessary since we already have --subject-prefix.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-17 6:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-17 3:32 [PATCH 0/4] format-patch: fix an option coexistence bug and add new --resend option Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 3:32 ` [PATCH 1/4] format-patch docs: avoid use of parentheses to improve readability Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 3:32 ` [PATCH 2/4] format-patch: fix a bug in option exclusivity and add a test to t4014 Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:15 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 6:29 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-17 6:56 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-18 9:12 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:33 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-04-17 6:40 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 7:11 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 11:38 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-04-17 11:48 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:54 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 12:00 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 3:32 ` [PATCH 3/4] format-patch: new --resend option for adding "RESEND" to patch subjects Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:14 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-04-17 6:36 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-04-17 7:16 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:35 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 7:05 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 7:17 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 7:25 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-18 20:04 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 10:02 ` Phillip Wood
2024-04-17 10:52 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 11:31 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-04-17 11:34 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 11:40 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-04-17 11:43 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 15:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-17 17:34 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-17 21:09 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-18 3:12 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-18 22:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-19 0:08 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-19 0:15 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-19 0:45 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-19 3:05 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-19 2:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-19 3:07 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-19 16:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-17 3:32 ` [PATCH 4/4] t4014: add tests to cover --resend option and its exclusivity Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:48 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 7:20 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:02 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2024-04-17 6:07 ` [PATCH 0/4] format-patch: fix an option coexistence bug and add new --resend option Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:23 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 6:43 ` Dragan Simic
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