Hello, I noticed that the --subject-prefix string gets truncated sometimes, but only when using the --numbered flat. Here's an example: addu@sestofb11:/data/fb/addu/git$ export longm="very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long prefix" addu@sestofb11:/data/fb/addu/git$ git format-patch -1 --subject- prefix="$longm][PATCH" As expected, in the generated patch file we have: Subject: [very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long prefix][PATCH] First batch after 2.12 But now, if I pass the --numbered flag too: addu@sestofb11:/data/fb/addu/git$ git format-patch -1 --numbered -- subject-prefix="$longm][PATCH" In the generated patch file we get this: Subject: [very very very very very very very very very very verFirst batch after 2.12 This is happening on the latest master branch, so I dug through the code and tracked the issue to this piece of code in log-tree.c: if (opt->total > 0) { static char buffer[64]; snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "Subject: [%s%s%0*d/%d] ", opt->subject_prefix, *opt->subject_prefix ? " " : "", digits_in_number(opt->total), opt->nr, opt->total); subject = buffer; } else if (opt->total == 0 && opt->subject_prefix && *opt- >subject_prefix) { static char buffer[256]; snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "Subject: [%s] ", opt->subject_prefix); subject = buffer; } else { subject = "Subject: "; } Apparently the size of the "buffer" var is different in the two situations. Anybody knows if this is by design or just an old oversight? I can send a patch to fix it but I'm not very familiar with the git code and I'm afraid some hidden consequence I don't see right now. Cheers, --Adrian