Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: Add --rfc for the common case of [RFC PATCH]

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sep 20, 2016, 01:37 UTC
Message-ID: <20160920013731.ljmbs4vspcxgbvhu@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20160919235550.GC29421@cloud>

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 04:55:50PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 04:46:06PM -0700, Jacob Keller wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 04:34:35PM -0700, Jeff King wrote:
> > >> As far as your patch goes, I'd be OK with defining:
> > >>
> > >>   --rfc::
> > >>       Pretend as if `--subject-prefix='RFC PATCH'` was given.
> > >>
> > 
> > Would:
> > 
> > Shorthand for `--subject-prefix='RFC PATCH'`
> > 
> > be a better reading? I feel like using "pretend" is a bit weird here.
> 
> My patch used "Alias for"; if you prefer "Shorthand for" I'm
> indifferent. :)

Or maybe "Act as if...".

-Peff