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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 18, 2024, 22:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5xwepafi.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <84dcb80be916f85cbb6a4b99aea0d76b@manjaro.org>

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:".

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.