From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:49:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: Add --rfc for the common case of [RFC PATCH]
Message-ID: <xmqqa8f3g4pu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <3df15bbb-7eac-86ec-2ccb-74a973482e8c@au1.ibm.com>

Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@au1.ibm.com> writes:

> Sounds good to me. Agreed that "RFC" is essentially the only prefix
> other than "PATCH" that I see, at least in the kernel.

Around here I think we saw WIP too, and that makes me lean towards
Peff's earlier suggestion to allow an end-user supplied string in
front of PATCH, i.e. "-P RFC" => "--subject-prefix='RFC PATCH'",
even though I understand that those who _ONLY_ care about RFC would
prefer --rfc (5 keystrokes) over "-P RFC" (6 keystrokes).

>> +--rfc::
>> +	Alias for `--subject-prefix="RFC PATCH"`. Use this when
>> +	sending an experimental patch for discussion rather than
>> +	application.
>
> Perhaps mention the phrase "Request For Comment" for the benefit of
> those who aren't familiar ...

Good point.