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[PATCH] git-send-email: Change the prompt for the subject of the initial message.

From
Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
Date
Nov 8, 2007, 18:56 UTC
Message-ID
<1194548188-9865-1-git-send-email-tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>

I never understood what this prompt was asking for until I read the actual source code. I think this wording is much more understandable.

Signed-off-by: Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
---
 git-send-email.perl |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index f4b8f96..f9bd2e5 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ sub expand_aliases {
 
 if (!defined $initial_subject && $compose) {
 	do {
-		$_ = $term->readline("What subject should the emails start with? ",
+		$_ = $term->readline("What subject should the initial email start with? ",
 			$initial_subject);
 	} while (!defined $_);
 	$initial_subject = $_;
-- 
1.5.3.4.398.g859b
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  1. git-send-email: Change the prompt for the subject of the initial message.Benoit Sigoure, Nov 8, 2007

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