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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 19, 2024, 16:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsezhl3vr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRpxvYAJpHahsWxRP=ekr9wwWoxK9_c0vRehDiuzgP72g@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

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>> ..., 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.
>
> Indeed. I was unaware of that behavior.

The very original --rfc did overwrote --subject-prefix and did not have a good reason to exist. But with the relatively recent update, it gained its usefulness.

Thanks.

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