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authorJosh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>2016-09-19 21:23:25 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-09-21 08:58:10 -0700
commit68e83a5b8277adfc6f8a307bc2454bc6723717f4 (patch)
treec0271f6269ff3e4706e88abcf3ae8d45ea4a5498
parent6ebdac1bab966b720d776aa43ca188fe378b1f4b (diff)
downloadgit-68e83a5b8277adfc6f8a307bc2454bc6723717f4.tar.gz
format-patch: add "--rfc" for the common case of [RFC PATCH]jt/format-patch-rfc
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>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt8
-rw-r--r--builtin/log.c10
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4014-format-patch.sh9
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 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
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 92dc34dcb0..c657900d95 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,11 @@ static int subject_prefix_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
return 0;
}
+static int rfc_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+ return subject_prefix_callback(opt, "RFC PATCH", unset);
+}
+
static int numbered_cmdline_opt = 0;
static int numbered_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
@@ -1419,6 +1424,9 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("start numbering patches at <n> instead of 1")),
OPT_INTEGER('v', "reroll-count", &reroll_count,
N_("mark the series as Nth re-roll")),
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "rfc", &rev, NULL,
+ N_("Use [RFC PATCH] instead of [PATCH]"),
+ PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, rfc_callback },
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "subject-prefix", &rev, N_("prefix"),
N_("Use [<prefix>] instead of [PATCH]"),
PARSE_OPT_NONEG, subject_prefix_callback },
@@ -1557,7 +1565,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (numbered && keep_subject)
die (_("-n and -k are mutually exclusive."));
if (keep_subject && subject_prefix)
- die (_("--subject-prefix and -k are mutually exclusive."));
+ die (_("--subject-prefix/--rfc and -k are mutually exclusive."));
rev.preserve_subject = keep_subject;
argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, &s_r_opt);
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index b0579dd452..ed4d3c2e59 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1073,6 +1073,15 @@ test_expect_success 'empty subject prefix does not have extra space' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success '--rfc' '
+ cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+ Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/1] header with . in it
+ EOF
+ git format-patch -n -1 --stdout --rfc >patch &&
+ grep ^Subject: patch >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_expect_success '--from=ident notices bogus ident' '
test_must_fail git format-patch -1 --stdout --from=foo >patch
'