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

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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
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Sep 19, 2016, 23:46 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
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> 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.

That being said, I'm not super strongly against it, but just find that it sounds weird for documentation.

Thanks, Jake

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