Documentation: remove redundant 'instead' in --subject-prefix
The documentation for --subject-prefix has two words "instead" in the same sentence, making it a little bit confusing to read. Change the order of the phrase to a more natural "Use [...] instead of [...]" structure. Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Lucas Seiki Oshiro committed
Jun 4, 2026 at 13:34 UTC
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@@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ populated with placeholder text.
for generating the cover letter.
--subject-prefix=<subject-prefix>::
- Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
- line, instead use '[<subject-prefix>]'. This can be used
- to name a patch series, and can be combined with the
- `--numbered` option.
+ Use '[<subject-prefix>]' instead of the standard '[PATCH]'
+ prefix in the subject line. This can be used to name a patch
+ series, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option.
+
The configuration variable `format.subjectPrefix` may also be used
to configure a subject prefix to apply to a given repository for