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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>,
	 Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
	 git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] format-patch: new --resend option for adding "RESEND" to patch subjects
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:21:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsezhl3vr.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRpxvYAJpHahsWxRP=ekr9wwWoxK9_c0vRehDiuzgP72g@mail.gmail.com> (Eric Sunshine's message of "Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:07:12 -0400")

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

>> ..., but the value you seem to be missing of the separate "--rfc"
>> is that there are folks who configure something other than "PATCH"
>> to "format.subjectPrefix".  They do not want to keep typing
>> --subject-prefix="PATCH net-next" on the command line, so they use
>> the configuration variable, which is "set it once and forget".  The
>> stress is on the fact that they can forget about it.
>
> Indeed. I was unaware of that behavior.

The very original --rfc did overwrote --subject-prefix and did not
have a good reason to exist.  But with the relatively recent update,
it gained its usefulness.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-19 16:21 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 [this message]
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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