# git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? 7 messages from 2009-04-24 to 2009-04-24. Participants: Constantine Plotnikov, Michael Witten, Shawn O. Pearce. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19047 ## Constantine Plotnikov, 2009-04-24 15:18 Subject: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: <85647ef50904240818s41fffc2eh798083a24ab53750@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/85647ef50904240818s41fffc2eh798083a24ab53750%40mail.gmail.com ``` I'm interested how to modify subject prefix when sending patches using git send-email. I want it to prefix the subject with [JGIT PATCH] instead of [PATCH] and I have not found any option that allows it. Regards, Constantine ``` ## Michael Witten, 2009-04-24 15:20 Subject: Re: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b4087cc50904240820r567020d7gaa7cecaa0f3b78fa%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <85647ef50904240818s41fffc2eh798083a24ab53750@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18, Constantine Plotnikov wrote: > I'm interested how to modify subject prefix when sending patches using > git send-email. I want it to prefix the subject with [JGIT PATCH] > instead of [PATCH] and I have not found any option that allows it. The option is format-patch's --subject-prefix ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2009-04-24 15:22 Subject: Re: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: <20090424152227.GY23604@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090424152227.GY23604%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <85647ef50904240818s41fffc2eh798083a24ab53750@mail.gmail.com> ``` Constantine Plotnikov wrote: > I'm interested how to modify subject prefix when sending patches using > git send-email. I want it to prefix the subject with [JGIT PATCH] > instead of [PATCH] and I have not found any option that allows it. Here's how I send email, the trick is to set the subject on format-patch not on send-email: _sop/dump.sh --8<-- base="${1:-master}" && if [ $(git rev-list ^$base HEAD | wc -l) -gt 1 ] then n="--numbered --cover-letter" fi && git format-patch \ --output-directory _sop/OUT \ --subject-prefix='JGIT PATCH' \ -M \ $n \ $base || exit ---- _sop/send.sh --8<-- git send-email \ --to 'Robin Rosenberg ' \ --cc 'git@vger.kernel.org' \ --chain-reply-to \ --suppress-cc self \ --smtp-server localhost \ --smtp-server-port 8025 \ _sop/OUT ---- -- Shawn. ``` ## Michael Witten, 2009-04-24 15:23 Subject: Re: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b4087cc50904240823nea4ef2ep20f2060f48395f74%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:20, Michael Witten wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18, Constantine Plotnikov > wrote: >> I'm interested how to modify subject prefix when sending patches using >> git send-email. I want it to prefix the subject with [JGIT PATCH] >> instead of [PATCH] and I have not found any option that allows it. > > The option is format-patch's --subject-prefix > Looking at the source for send-email, it would appear you can do the following if you don't want to run format-patch separately: git send-email $send_email_args -- $format_patch_args That should be documented! ``` ## Constantine Plotnikov, 2009-04-24 15:28 Subject: Re: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: <85647ef50904240828i76cf5f0en14a9fd2dc496a89d@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/85647ef50904240828i76cf5f0en14a9fd2dc496a89d%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` This option works. Thank you. BTW why this option is not in the man page? Is it discouraged for use? On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Michael Witten wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18, Constantine Plotnikov > wrote: >> I'm interested how to modify subject prefix when sending patches using >> git send-email. I want it to prefix the subject with [JGIT PATCH] >> instead of [PATCH] and I have not found any option that allows it. > > The option is format-patch's --subject-prefix > ``` ## Michael Witten, 2009-04-24 15:32 Subject: Re: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b4087cc50904240832u6d0a17b2gaad406a0176da883%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <85647ef50904240828i76cf5f0en14a9fd2dc496a89d@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:28, Constantine Plotnikov wrote: > This option works. Thank you. > > BTW why this option is not in the man page? Is it discouraged for use? The option --subject-prefix is documented in format-patch's man page (it is an option of format-patch, after all :-D). However, using '--' with send-email to pass along arguments to a call to format-patch is not documented in send-email's man page, and it should be. ``` ## Michael Witten, 2009-04-24 15:34 Subject: Re: git send-email: How to modify subject prefix? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b4087cc50904240834q34200ee1qd9081b8c4480c83a%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:32, Michael Witten wrote: > The option --subject-prefix is documented in format-patch's man page > (it is an option of format-patch, after all :-D). > > However, using '--' with send-email to pass along arguments to a call > to format-patch is not documented in send-email's man page, and it > should be. I should add that I don't really like it though; it seems that it makes the relationship to format-patch a little to close and implicit. I would think that --format-patch-args would be better. ```