From: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:08:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] format-patch: new --resend option for adding "RESEND" to patch subjects
Message-ID: <e6afba5f27887fb35e2e236135ac06b8@manjaro.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq5xwepafi.fsf@gitster.g>

Hello Junio,

On 2024-04-19 00:34, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> writes:
> 
>>>>> With all due respect, "--rfc=WIP" looks like a kludge, simply
>>>>> because "--rfc" should, IIUC, be some kind of a fixed shorthand.
>>>> I wouldn't use "should" there.
> 
>> How about introducing "--label=<string>" as the new option,...
> 
> I still think --rfc=WIP is a lot more natural and easier to
> understand, and it is just the matter of how you introduce it.
> I'll show you how in a separate patch later.
> 
> The problem I see with an overly generic word like "label" is that
> it would mislead readers to say "--label=important" and expect it to
> appear on an extra e-mail header, not as a part of "Subject:".

"Label" is a little generic, I'll give you that.

> But we can do this to get the ball rolling, without bikeshedding
> what option name to use.  Until we find a good name, users can
> use --rfc=WIP and when we do find a good name, it can be added
> as a synonym, possibly deprecating --rfc, and if we never agree
> on a good name, that is fine as well.

If you insist, let's do it that way! :)