{"thread":{"id":"65755","subject":"[PATCH] Documentation: remove redundant 'instead' in --subject-prefix","startedAt":"2026-06-04T16:36:52Z","lastAt":"2026-06-05T04:12:00Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Lucas Seiki Oshiro","Weijie Yuan"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"544752","messageId":"20260604163510.36687-2-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com","threadId":"65755","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Documentation: remove redundant 'instead' in --subject-prefix","fromName":"Lucas Seiki Oshiro","fromEmail":"lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com","sentAt":"2026-06-04T16:34:42Z","receivedAt":"2026-06-04T16:36:52Z","isPatch":true,"body":"The documentation for --subject-prefix has two words \"instead\" in\nthe same sentence, making it a little bit confusing to read.\n\nChange the order of the phrase to a more natural \"Use [...]\ninstead of [...]\" structure.\n\nSigned-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>\n---\n Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc | 7 +++----\n 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc\nindex 5662382450..f7905c0f7c 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc\n+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc\n@@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ populated with placeholder text.\n \tfor generating the cover letter.\n \n --subject-prefix=<subject-prefix>::\n-\tInstead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject\n-\tline, instead use '[<subject-prefix>]'. This can be used\n-\tto name a patch series, and can be combined with the\n-\t`--numbered` option.\n+\tUse '[<subject-prefix>]' instead of the standard '[PATCH]'\n+\tprefix in the subject line. This can be used to name a patch\n+\tseries, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option.\n +\n The configuration variable `format.subjectPrefix` may also be used\n to configure a subject prefix to apply to a given repository for\n-- \n2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)\n\n"},{"id":"544768","messageId":"aiJMenfKL_T_5KYG@wyuan.org","threadId":"65755","inReplyTo":"20260604163510.36687-2-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Documentation: remove redundant 'instead' in --subject-prefix","fromName":"Weijie Yuan","fromEmail":"wy@wyuan.org","sentAt":"2026-06-05T04:11:38Z","receivedAt":"2026-06-05T04:12:00Z","isPatch":true,"body":"On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 01:34:42PM -0300, Lucas Seiki Oshiro wrote:\n>  --subject-prefix=<subject-prefix>::\n> -\tInstead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject\n> -\tline, instead use '[<subject-prefix>]'. This can be used\n> -\tto name a patch series, and can be combined with the\n> -\t`--numbered` option.\n> +\tUse '[<subject-prefix>]' instead of the standard '[PATCH]'\n> +\tprefix in the subject line. This can be used to name a patch\n> +\tseries, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option.\n\nAgreed, this reads more smoothly.\n"}]}