"Robin H\. Johnson" [off-list ref] writes:
Add a new option to git-format-patch, entitled --subject-prefix that allows
control of the subject prefix '[PATCH]'. Using this option, the text 'PATCH' is
replaced with whatever input is provided to the option. This allows easily
generating patches like '[PATCH 2.6.21-rc3]' or properly numbered series like
'[-mm3 PATCH N/M]'.
1/2 - Implementation and documentation
2/2 - Test case
I suspect this is a job for send-email, not format-patch. List?