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authorLibravatar Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>2016-09-19 21:23:25 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-09-21 08:58:10 -0700
commit68e83a5b8277adfc6f8a307bc2454bc6723717f4 (patch)
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parentGit 2.10 (diff)
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format-patch: add "--rfc" for the common case of [RFC PATCH]
Add an alias for --subject-prefix='RFC PATCH', which is used commonly in some development communities to deserve such a short-hand. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 9624c84a65..9b200b379b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
[--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
[--ignore-if-in-upstream]
- [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
+ [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
+ [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
[<common diff options>]
@@ -172,6 +173,11 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
combined with the `--numbered` option.
+--rfc::
+ Alias for `--subject-prefix="RFC PATCH"`. RFC means "Request For
+ Comments"; use this when sending an experimental patch for
+ discussion rather than application.
+
-v <n>::
--reroll-count=<n>::
Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The