From: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] format-patch: new --resend option for adding "RESEND" to patch subjects
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:05:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0b93341380c2157f6b87e19129abb49@manjaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRzOHROK0VpkLR9fk7Gr0NRH9VKcH4dGXOuoaO5Ky2c2A@mail.gmail.com>
On 2024-04-17 08:35, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 11:33 PM Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
> 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".
>>
>> Of course, add the description of the new --resend command-line option
>> to
>> the documentation for "git format-patch".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
>> @@ -2111,7 +2116,9 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char
>> **argv, const char *prefix)
>> if (keep_subject && subject_prefix)
>> - die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used
>> together"), "--subject-prefix/--rfc", "-k");
>> + die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used
>> together"), "--subject-prefix/--rfc/--resend", "-k");
>
> You probably want to be using die_for_incompatible_opt4() from
> parse-options.h here.
Thanks for the suggestion. Frankly, I haven't researched the
available options, assuming that the current code uses the right
option. Of course, I'll have a detailed look into it.
> (And you may want a preparatory patch which fixes the preimage to use
> die_for_incompatible_opt3() for --subject-prefix, --rfc, and -k
> exclusivity, though that may be overkill.)
I'm not really sure what to do. Maybe the other reviewers would
prefer an orthogonal approach instead? Maybe that would be better
for bisecting later, if need arises for that?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-17 7:05 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 [this message]
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 ` [PATCH 0/4] format-patch: fix an option coexistence bug and add new --resend option Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 6:07 ` Dragan Simic
2024-04-17 6:23 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-04-17 6:43 ` Dragan Simic
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