Re: [PATCH 3/4] format-patch: new --resend option for adding "RESEND" to patch subjects

> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> > I do understand and am sympathetic to the desire to reduce the typing
> > load (hence, the original `--resend` proposal), but I have difficulty
> > believing that `git format-patch` is so commonly used throughout the
> > day that the time saved by typing `--resend` over
> > `--subject-prefix="RESEND PATCH"` warrants the extra implementation,
> > documentation, and testing baggage. Likewise, I don't see the value in
> > `--label=WIP` (or `--rfc=WIP` or whatever) over the existing more
> > general `--subject-prefix`.
>
> I am not interested in adding unbounded number of --wip and the like
> at all, 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.