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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-04-23 10:52:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-04-23 11:00:39 -0700 |
| commit | ce36894509bac4c03fd524fc668b1e43d6e56ee1 (patch) | |
| tree | fb147cad8677f6f5c9bb3f91a6f2ac675e497e53 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | ce48fb2eabccc269443f33d0f148d0061b94a101 (diff) | |
| download | git-ce36894509bac4c03fd524fc668b1e43d6e56ee1.tar.gz | |
format-patch: "--rfc=-(WIP)" appends to produce [PATCH (WIP)]
In the previous step, the "--rfc" option of "format-patch" learned
to take an optional string value to prepend to the subject prefix,
so that --rfc=WIP can give "[WIP PATCH]".
There may be cases in which the extra string wants to come after the
subject prefix. Extend the mechanism to allow "--rfc=-(WIP)" [*] to
signal that the extra string is to be appended instead of getting
prepended, resulting in "[PATCH (WIP)]".
In the documentation, discourage (ab)using "--rfc=-RFC" to say
"[PATCH RFC]" just to be different, when "[RFC PATCH]" is the norm.
[Footnote]
* The syntax takes inspiration from Perl's open syntax that opens
pipes "open fh, '|-', 'cmd'", where the dash signals "the other
stuff comes here".
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index e553810b1e..369af2c4a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending an experimental patch for discussion rather than application. "--rfc=WIP" may also be a useful way to indicate that a patch is not complete yet ("WIP" stands for "Work In Progress"). ++ +If the convention of the receiving community for a particular extra +string is to have it _after_ the subject prefix, the string _<rfc>_ +can be prefixed with a dash ("`-`") to signal that the the rest of +the _<rfc>_ string should be appended to the subject prefix instead, +e.g., `--rfc='-(WIP)'` results in "PATCH (WIP)". -v <n>:: --reroll-count=<n>:: |