Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Perhaps something like >> --cover-subject-from-description={true,auto,false}? > > Is it still only about "subject"? I thought one of the improved > behaviour was to populate the subject header with the title > (i.e. the first, often single-line, paragraph) and use the remainder > in the body? --use-description-in-cover={both,auto,body} meaning > "both subject and body gets filled" (among the three this name is I > am least happy with), "automatically decide---if the first paragraph > is overly big, it is unwise to use it on the subject", "use it only > in body" (implying "use the *** SUBJECT HERE *** placeholder on the > subject header), perhaps? Ah, I see Philip has suggested "--cover-letter-from-description", which also sounds better by not focusing too much on the 'subject', and I have no strong preference between the two.