On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 11:23:48AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > @@ -1822,6 +1825,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > init_display_notes(¬es_opt); > git_config(git_format_config, NULL); > repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev, prefix); > + rev.subject_prefix = fmt_patch_subject_prefix; > rev.show_notes = show_notes; > memcpy(&rev.notes_opt, ¬es_opt, sizeof(notes_opt)); > rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL; > @@ -1831,7 +1835,6 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > rev.diff = 1; > rev.max_parents = 1; > rev.diffopt.flags.recursive = 1; > - rev.subject_prefix = fmt_patch_subject_prefix; > memset(&s_r_opt, 0, sizeof(s_r_opt)); > s_r_opt.def = "HEAD"; > s_r_opt.revarg_opt = REVARG_COMMITTISH; It's not clear to me what these hunks are doing. I'm trying really hard to find some subtle reason that we need to init this field sooner, but I can't. It really looks like it might be leftover noise. -Peff