format-patch is the component that adds to the prefix, not send-email. --- CONTRIBUTING | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING index 2f1f8b2..7ec8fba 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ automatically prepend a prefix to the subject line of every patch message sent by it in a given repository. You can configure it by running the following command in this Git repository: - git config sendemail.subjectPrefix "PATCH www" + git config format.subjectPrefix "PATCH www" From now on, git-send-email(1) will automatically add "[PATCH www]" to the start of every patch sent for this repository, instead of the -default "[PATCH]". \ No newline at end of file +default "[PATCH]". -- 2.26.2