Hi. Manpage and reality disagree, so we have bug either in manpage, either in "git send-email". Manpage for "git send-email" (v2.47.2) says: === The header of the email is configurable via command-line options. If not specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine enabled interface to provide the necessary information === Also the manpage has this part, which states this again: === --subject=<string> Specify the initial subject of the email thread. Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose is not set, this will be prompted for. === But in reality "git send-email" simply gives error in case some headers are absent: # echo hello > /tmp/aaa # git send-email /tmp/aaa /tmp/aaa No subject line in /tmp/aaa? at /usr/lib/git-core/git-send-email line 845. So, please, fix either manpage or git. My git version is 2.47.2, my OS is debian sid x86_64, running in Docker. git is installed via debian repos. My git config is so (password is ommited, of course): === [user] name = Askar Safin email = safinaskar@xxxxxxxxxxxx [sendemail] smtpServer = smtp.zoho.com smtpServerPort = 587 smtpEncryption = tls smtpUser = safinaskar smtpPass = (password ommited) from = "Askar Safin <safinaskar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>" suppresscc = self === My $TERM variable is equal to "xterm" -- Askar Safin https://types.pl/@safinaskar