1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gbp/git.py b/gbp/git.py
index 350f5165..279e9011 100644
--- a/gbp/git.py
+++ b/gbp/git.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class GitRepository(object):
     def get_subject(self, commit):
         """Gets the subject of a commit"""
         self.__check_path()
-        out, ret =  self.__git_getoutput('show', ['--format=%s',  commit])
+        out, ret =  self.__git_getoutput('show', ['--pretty=format:%s',  commit])
         if ret:
             raise GitRepositoryError, "Error getting subject of commit %s" % commit
         return out[0].strip()