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Subject: Re: Using really empty start prefixes for git-format-patch numbered patches?
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Is this a bug or a feature?

2011/5/28 Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Delanoy <frederic.delanoy@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to generate numbered patches using git-format-patch such
> that I get e.g. [1/2] instead of [PATCH 1/2]
>
> However, if I use an empty string as prefix, for instance in
>
> git-format-patch --subject-prefix=3D"" -2
>
> an extraneous space is inserted, and I get [ 1/2] instead of desired
> [1/2] in the Subject line
>
> (I also tried using a single backspace char as prefix, but that didn'=
t
> change anything, as might have been expected)
>
> Is there a way to get rid of this space? IMO the space should only be
> added if the prefix is non-empty
>
> Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Delanoy
>