Merge commit 'b319ef7' into jc/maint-fix-test-perm

* commit 'b319ef7': (8132 commits)
  Add a small patch-mode testing library
  git-apply--interactive: Refactor patch mode code
  t8005: Nobody writes Russian in shift_jis
  Fix severe breakage in "git-apply --whitespace=fix"
  Update release notes for 1.6.4
  After renaming a section, print any trailing variable definitions
  Make section_name_match start on '[', and return the length on success
  send-email: detect cycles in alias expansion
  Show the presence of untracked files in the bash prompt.
  SunOS grep does not understand -C<n> nor -e
  Fix export_marks() error handling.
  git repack: keep commits hidden by a graft
  Add a test showing that 'git repack' throws away grafted-away parents
  git branch: clean up detached branch handling
  git branch: avoid unnecessary object lookups
  git branch: fix performance problem
  git svn: fix shallow clone when upstream revision is too new
  do_one_ref(): null_sha1 check is not about broken ref
  configure.ac: properly unset NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO when sha1 func is missing
  janitor: useless checks before free
  ...

1 files changed, 830 insertions, 270 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 71df957ea..0c2fa0ae2 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *		 2006 Junio Hamano
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "color.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
@@ -12,11 +13,19 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "reflog-walk.h"
+#include "patch-ids.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "shortlog.h"
+#include "remote.h"
+#include "string-list.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 
-static int default_show_root = 1;
+/* Set a default date-time format for git log ("log.date" config variable) */
+static const char *default_date_mode = NULL;
 
-/* this is in builtin-diff.c */
-void add_head(struct rev_info *revs);
+static int default_show_root = 1;
+static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH";
+static const char *fmt_pretty;
 
 static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		      struct rev_info *rev)
@@ -25,30 +34,172 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 
 	rev->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
 	rev->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
+	if (fmt_pretty)
+		get_commit_format(fmt_pretty, rev);
 	rev->verbose_header = 1;
+	DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev->diffopt, RECURSIVE);
 	rev->show_root_diff = default_show_root;
+	rev->subject_prefix = fmt_patch_subject_prefix;
+	DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev->diffopt, ALLOW_TEXTCONV);
+
+	if (default_date_mode)
+		rev->date_mode = parse_date_format(default_date_mode);
+
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, rev, "HEAD");
+
 	if (rev->diffopt.pickaxe || rev->diffopt.filter)
 		rev->always_show_header = 0;
+	if (DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, FOLLOW_RENAMES)) {
+		rev->always_show_header = 0;
+		if (rev->diffopt.nr_paths != 1)
+			usage("git logs can only follow renames on one pathname at a time");
+	}
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
-		if (!prefixcmp(arg, "--encoding=")) {
-			arg += 11;
-			if (strcmp(arg, "none"))
-				git_log_output_encoding = xstrdup(arg);
-			else
-				git_log_output_encoding = "";
-		}
-		else
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--decorate")) {
+			load_ref_decorations();
+			rev->show_decorations = 1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--source")) {
+			rev->show_source = 1;
+		} else
 			die("unrecognized argument: %s", arg);
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * This gives a rough estimate for how many commits we
+ * will print out in the list.
+ */
+static int estimate_commit_count(struct rev_info *rev, struct commit_list *list)
+{
+	int n = 0;
+
+	while (list) {
+		struct commit *commit = list->item;
+		unsigned int flags = commit->object.flags;
+		list = list->next;
+		if (!(flags & (TREESAME | UNINTERESTING)))
+			n++;
+	}
+	return n;
+}
+
+static void show_early_header(struct rev_info *rev, const char *stage, int nr)
+{
+	if (rev->shown_one) {
+		rev->shown_one = 0;
+		if (rev->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+			putchar(rev->diffopt.line_termination);
+	}
+	printf("Final output: %d %s\n", nr, stage);
+}
+
+static struct itimerval early_output_timer;
+
+static void log_show_early(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit_list *list)
+{
+	int i = revs->early_output;
+	int show_header = 1;
+
+	sort_in_topological_order(&list, revs->lifo);
+	while (list && i) {
+		struct commit *commit = list->item;
+		switch (simplify_commit(revs, commit)) {
+		case commit_show:
+			if (show_header) {
+				int n = estimate_commit_count(revs, list);
+				show_early_header(revs, "incomplete", n);
+				show_header = 0;
+			}
+			log_tree_commit(revs, commit);
+			i--;
+			break;
+		case commit_ignore:
+			break;
+		case commit_error:
+			return;
+		}
+		list = list->next;
+	}
+
+	/* Did we already get enough commits for the early output? */
+	if (!i)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * ..if no, then repeat it twice a second until we
+	 * do.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE! We don't use "it_interval", because if the
+	 * reader isn't listening, we want our output to be
+	 * throttled by the writing, and not have the timer
+	 * trigger every second even if we're blocked on a
+	 * reader!
+	 */
+	early_output_timer.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
+	early_output_timer.it_value.tv_usec = 500000;
+	setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &early_output_timer, NULL);
+}
+
+static void early_output(int signal)
+{
+	show_early_output = log_show_early;
+}
+
+static void setup_early_output(struct rev_info *rev)
+{
+	struct sigaction sa;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set up the signal handler, minimally intrusively:
+	 * we only set a single volatile integer word (not
+	 * using sigatomic_t - trying to avoid unnecessary
+	 * system dependencies and headers), and using
+	 * SA_RESTART.
+	 */
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_handler = early_output;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
+	sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we can get the whole output in less than a
+	 * tenth of a second, don't even bother doing the
+	 * early-output thing..
+	 *
+	 * This is a one-time-only trigger.
+	 */
+	early_output_timer.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
+	early_output_timer.it_value.tv_usec = 100000;
+	setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &early_output_timer, NULL);
+}
+
+static void finish_early_output(struct rev_info *rev)
+{
+	int n = estimate_commit_count(rev, rev->commits);
+	signal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
+	show_early_header(rev, "done", n);
+}
+
 static int cmd_log_walk(struct rev_info *rev)
 {
 	struct commit *commit;
 
-	prepare_revision_walk(rev);
+	if (rev->early_output)
+		setup_early_output(rev);
+
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(rev))
+		die("revision walk setup failed");
+
+	if (rev->early_output)
+		finish_early_output(rev);
+
+	/*
+	 * For --check and --exit-code, the exit code is based on CHECK_FAILED
+	 * and HAS_CHANGES being accumulated in rev->diffopt, so be careful to
+	 * retain that state information if replacing rev->diffopt in this loop
+	 */
 	while ((commit = get_revision(rev)) != NULL) {
 		log_tree_commit(rev, commit);
 		if (!rev->reflog_info) {
@@ -59,26 +210,39 @@ static int cmd_log_walk(struct rev_info *rev)
 		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	if (rev->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_CHECKDIFF &&
+	    DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, CHECK_FAILED)) {
+		return 02;
+	}
+	return diff_result_code(&rev->diffopt, 0);
 }
 
-static int git_log_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+static int git_log_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.pretty"))
+		return git_config_string(&fmt_pretty, var, value);
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.subjectprefix"))
+		return git_config_string(&fmt_patch_subject_prefix, var, value);
+	if (!strcmp(var, "log.date"))
+		return git_config_string(&default_date_mode, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "log.showroot")) {
 		default_show_root = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	return git_diff_ui_config(var, value);
+	return git_diff_ui_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
 int cmd_whatchanged(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
 
-	git_config(git_log_config);
+	git_config(git_log_config, NULL);
+
+	if (diff_use_color_default == -1)
+		diff_use_color_default = git_use_color_default;
+
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	rev.diff = 1;
-	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
 	rev.simplify_history = 0;
 	cmd_log_init(argc, argv, prefix, &rev);
 	if (!rev.diffopt.output_format)
@@ -86,7 +250,19 @@ int cmd_whatchanged(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return cmd_log_walk(&rev);
 }
 
-static int show_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int suppress_header)
+static void show_tagger(char *buf, int len, struct rev_info *rev)
+{
+	struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	pp_user_info("Tagger", rev->commit_format, &out, buf, rev->date_mode,
+		git_log_output_encoding ?
+		git_log_output_encoding: git_commit_encoding);
+	printf("%s\n", out.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&out);
+}
+
+static int show_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int show_tag_object,
+	struct rev_info *rev)
 {
 	unsigned long size;
 	enum object_type type;
@@ -96,11 +272,14 @@ static int show_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int suppress_header)
 	if (!buf)
 		return error("Could not read object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 
-	if (suppress_header)
-		while (offset < size && buf[offset++] != '\n') {
-			int new_offset = offset;
+	if (show_tag_object)
+		while (offset < size && buf[offset] != '\n') {
+			int new_offset = offset + 1;
 			while (new_offset < size && buf[new_offset++] != '\n')
 				; /* do nothing */
+			if (!prefixcmp(buf + offset, "tagger "))
+				show_tagger(buf + offset + 7,
+					    new_offset - offset - 7, rev);
 			offset = new_offset;
 		}
 
@@ -112,7 +291,7 @@ static int show_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int suppress_header)
 
 static int show_tree_object(const unsigned char *sha1,
 		const char *base, int baselen,
-		const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int stage)
+		const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int stage, void *context)
 {
 	printf("%s%s\n", pathname, S_ISDIR(mode) ? "/" : "");
 	return 0;
@@ -124,10 +303,13 @@ int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct object_array_entry *objects;
 	int i, count, ret = 0;
 
-	git_config(git_log_config);
+	git_config(git_log_config, NULL);
+
+	if (diff_use_color_default == -1)
+		diff_use_color_default = git_use_color_default;
+
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	rev.diff = 1;
-	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
 	rev.combine_merges = 1;
 	rev.dense_combined_merges = 1;
 	rev.always_show_header = 1;
@@ -142,31 +324,33 @@ int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		const char *name = objects[i].name;
 		switch (o->type) {
 		case OBJ_BLOB:
-			ret = show_object(o->sha1, 0);
+			ret = show_object(o->sha1, 0, NULL);
 			break;
 		case OBJ_TAG: {
 			struct tag *t = (struct tag *)o;
 
-			printf("%stag %s%s\n\n",
-					diff_get_color(rev.diffopt.color_diff,
-						DIFF_COMMIT),
+			printf("%stag %s%s\n",
+					diff_get_color_opt(&rev.diffopt, DIFF_COMMIT),
 					t->tag,
-					diff_get_color(rev.diffopt.color_diff,
-						DIFF_RESET));
-			ret = show_object(o->sha1, 1);
-			objects[i].item = (struct object *)t->tagged;
+					diff_get_color_opt(&rev.diffopt, DIFF_RESET));
+			ret = show_object(o->sha1, 1, &rev);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+			o = parse_object(t->tagged->sha1);
+			if (!o)
+				ret = error("Could not read object %s",
+					    sha1_to_hex(t->tagged->sha1));
+			objects[i].item = o;
 			i--;
 			break;
 		}
 		case OBJ_TREE:
 			printf("%stree %s%s\n\n",
-					diff_get_color(rev.diffopt.color_diff,
-						DIFF_COMMIT),
+					diff_get_color_opt(&rev.diffopt, DIFF_COMMIT),
 					name,
-					diff_get_color(rev.diffopt.color_diff,
-						DIFF_RESET));
+					diff_get_color_opt(&rev.diffopt, DIFF_RESET));
 			read_tree_recursive((struct tree *)o, "", 0, 0, NULL,
-					show_tree_object);
+					show_tree_object, NULL);
 			break;
 		case OBJ_COMMIT:
 			rev.pending.nr = rev.pending.alloc = 0;
@@ -189,7 +373,11 @@ int cmd_log_reflog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
 
-	git_config(git_log_config);
+	git_config(git_log_config, NULL);
+
+	if (diff_use_color_default == -1)
+		diff_use_color_default = git_use_color_default;
+
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	init_reflog_walk(&rev.reflog_info);
 	rev.abbrev_commit = 1;
@@ -202,6 +390,7 @@ int cmd_log_reflog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * allow us to set a different default.
 	 */
 	rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_ONELINE;
+	rev.use_terminator = 1;
 	rev.always_show_header = 1;
 
 	/*
@@ -217,7 +406,11 @@ int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info rev;
 
-	git_config(git_log_config);
+	git_config(git_log_config, NULL);
+
+	if (diff_use_color_default == -1)
+		diff_use_color_default = git_use_color_default;
+
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	rev.always_show_header = 1;
 	cmd_log_init(argc, argv, prefix, &rev);
@@ -225,133 +418,141 @@ int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 }
 
 /* format-patch */
-#define FORMAT_PATCH_NAME_MAX 64
 
-static int istitlechar(char c)
+static const char *fmt_patch_suffix = ".patch";
+static int numbered = 0;
+static int auto_number = 1;
+
+static char *default_attach = NULL;
+
+static char **extra_hdr;
+static int extra_hdr_nr;
+static int extra_hdr_alloc;
+
+static char **extra_to;
+static int extra_to_nr;
+static int extra_to_alloc;
+
+static char **extra_cc;
+static int extra_cc_nr;
+static int extra_cc_alloc;
+
+static void add_header(const char *value)
 {
-	return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ||
-		(c >= '0' && c <= '9') || c == '.' || c == '_';
+	int len = strlen(value);
+	while (len && value[len - 1] == '\n')
+		len--;
+	if (!strncasecmp(value, "to: ", 4)) {
+		ALLOC_GROW(extra_to, extra_to_nr + 1, extra_to_alloc);
+		extra_to[extra_to_nr++] = xstrndup(value + 4, len - 4);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!strncasecmp(value, "cc: ", 4)) {
+		ALLOC_GROW(extra_cc, extra_cc_nr + 1, extra_cc_alloc);
+		extra_cc[extra_cc_nr++] = xstrndup(value + 4, len - 4);
+		return;
+	}
+	ALLOC_GROW(extra_hdr, extra_hdr_nr + 1, extra_hdr_alloc);
+	extra_hdr[extra_hdr_nr++] = xstrndup(value, len);
 }
 
-static char *extra_headers = NULL;
-static int extra_headers_size = 0;
-static const char *fmt_patch_suffix = ".patch";
+#define THREAD_SHALLOW 1
+#define THREAD_DEEP 2
+static int thread = 0;
+static int do_signoff = 0;
 
-static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(var, "format.headers")) {
-		int len;
-
 		if (!value)
 			die("format.headers without value");
-		len = strlen(value);
-		extra_headers_size += len + 1;
-		extra_headers = xrealloc(extra_headers, extra_headers_size);
-		extra_headers[extra_headers_size - len - 1] = 0;
-		strcat(extra_headers, value);
+		add_header(value);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strcmp(var, "format.suffix")) {
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.suffix"))
+		return git_config_string(&fmt_patch_suffix, var, value);
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.cc")) {
 		if (!value)
-			die("format.suffix without value");
-		fmt_patch_suffix = xstrdup(value);
+			return config_error_nonbool(var);
+		ALLOC_GROW(extra_cc, extra_cc_nr + 1, extra_cc_alloc);
+		extra_cc[extra_cc_nr++] = xstrdup(value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.diff")) {
 		return 0;
 	}
-	return git_log_config(var, value);
-}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.numbered")) {
+		if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "auto")) {
+			auto_number = 1;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		numbered = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		auto_number = auto_number && numbered;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.attach")) {
+		if (value && *value)
+			default_attach = xstrdup(value);
+		else
+			default_attach = xstrdup(git_version_string);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.thread")) {
+		if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "deep")) {
+			thread = THREAD_DEEP;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (value && !strcasecmp(value, "shallow")) {
+			thread = THREAD_SHALLOW;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		thread = git_config_bool(var, value) && THREAD_SHALLOW;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.signoff")) {
+		do_signoff = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
+	return git_log_config(var, value, cb);
+}
 
 static FILE *realstdout = NULL;
 static const char *output_directory = NULL;
+static int outdir_offset;
 
-static int reopen_stdout(struct commit *commit, int nr, int keep_subject)
+static int reopen_stdout(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *rev)
 {
-	char filename[PATH_MAX];
-	char *sol;
-	int len = 0;
+	struct strbuf filename = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int suffix_len = strlen(fmt_patch_suffix) + 1;
 
 	if (output_directory) {
-		if (strlen(output_directory) >=
-		    sizeof(filename) - FORMAT_PATCH_NAME_MAX - suffix_len)
+		strbuf_addstr(&filename, output_directory);
+		if (filename.len >=
+		    PATH_MAX - FORMAT_PATCH_NAME_MAX - suffix_len)
 			return error("name of output directory is too long");
-		strlcpy(filename, output_directory, sizeof(filename) - suffix_len);
-		len = strlen(filename);
-		if (filename[len - 1] != '/')
-			filename[len++] = '/';
-	}
-
-	sprintf(filename + len, "%04d", nr);
-	len = strlen(filename);
-
-	sol = strstr(commit->buffer, "\n\n");
-	if (sol) {
-		int j, space = 1;
-
-		sol += 2;
-		/* strip [PATCH] or [PATCH blabla] */
-		if (!keep_subject && !prefixcmp(sol, "[PATCH")) {
-			char *eos = strchr(sol + 6, ']');
-			if (eos) {
-				while (isspace(*eos))
-					eos++;
-				sol = eos;
-			}
-		}
+		if (filename.buf[filename.len - 1] != '/')
+			strbuf_addch(&filename, '/');
+	}
 
-		for (j = 0;
-		     j < FORMAT_PATCH_NAME_MAX - suffix_len - 5 &&
-			     len < sizeof(filename) - suffix_len &&
-			     sol[j] && sol[j] != '\n';
-		     j++) {
-			if (istitlechar(sol[j])) {
-				if (space) {
-					filename[len++] = '-';
-					space = 0;
-				}
-				filename[len++] = sol[j];
-				if (sol[j] == '.')
-					while (sol[j + 1] == '.')
-						j++;
-			} else
-				space = 1;
-		}
-		while (filename[len - 1] == '.' || filename[len - 1] == '-')
-			len--;
-		filename[len] = 0;
-	}
-	if (len + suffix_len >= sizeof(filename))
-		return error("Patch pathname too long");
-	strcpy(filename + len, fmt_patch_suffix);
-	fprintf(realstdout, "%s\n", filename);
-	if (freopen(filename, "w", stdout) == NULL)
-		return error("Cannot open patch file %s",filename);
-	return 0;
+	get_patch_filename(commit, rev->nr, fmt_patch_suffix, &filename);
 
-}
+	if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev->diffopt, QUIET))
+		fprintf(realstdout, "%s\n", filename.buf + outdir_offset);
 
-static int get_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct diff_options *options,
-		unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-	if (commit->parents)
-		diff_tree_sha1(commit->parents->item->object.sha1,
-		               commit->object.sha1, "", options);
-	else
-		diff_root_tree_sha1(commit->object.sha1, "", options);
-	diffcore_std(options);
-	return diff_flush_patch_id(options, sha1);
+	if (freopen(filename.buf, "w", stdout) == NULL)
+		return error("Cannot open patch file %s", filename.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&filename);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct diff_options *options, const char *prefix)
+static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct patch_ids *ids, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info check_rev;
 	struct commit *commit;
 	struct object *o1, *o2;
 	unsigned flags1, flags2;
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
 
 	if (rev->pending.nr != 2)
 		die("Need exactly one range.");
@@ -364,10 +565,7 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct diff_options *options, co
 	if ((flags1 & UNINTERESTING) == (flags2 & UNINTERESTING))
 		die("Not a range.");
 
-	diff_setup(options);
-	options->recursive = 1;
-	if (diff_setup_done(options) < 0)
-		die("diff_setup_done failed");
+	init_patch_ids(ids);
 
 	/* given a range a..b get all patch ids for b..a */
 	init_revisions(&check_rev, prefix);
@@ -375,15 +573,15 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct diff_options *options, co
 	o2->flags ^= UNINTERESTING;
 	add_pending_object(&check_rev, o1, "o1");
 	add_pending_object(&check_rev, o2, "o2");
-	prepare_revision_walk(&check_rev);
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&check_rev))
+		die("revision walk setup failed");
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&check_rev)) != NULL) {
 		/* ignore merges */
 		if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next)
 			continue;
 
-		if (!get_patch_id(commit, options, sha1))
-			created_object(sha1, xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct object)));
+		add_commit_patch_id(commit, ids);
 	}
 
 	/* reset for next revision walk */
@@ -395,16 +593,256 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct diff_options *options, co
 	o2->flags = flags2;
 }
 
-static void gen_message_id(char *dest, unsigned int length, char *base)
+static void gen_message_id(struct rev_info *info, char *base)
 {
-	const char *committer = git_committer_info(-1);
+	const char *committer = git_committer_info(IDENT_WARN_ON_NO_NAME);
 	const char *email_start = strrchr(committer, '<');
 	const char *email_end = strrchr(committer, '>');
-	if(!email_start || !email_end || email_start > email_end - 1)
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	if (!email_start || !email_end || email_start > email_end - 1)
 		die("Could not extract email from committer identity.");
-	snprintf(dest, length, "%s.%lu.git.%.*s", base,
-		 (unsigned long) time(NULL),
-		 (int)(email_end - email_start - 1), email_start + 1);
+	strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s.%lu.git.%.*s", base,
+		    (unsigned long) time(NULL),
+		    (int)(email_end - email_start - 1), email_start + 1);
+	info->message_id = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+}
+
+static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_stdout,
+			      int numbered, int numbered_files,
+			      struct commit *origin,
+			      int nr, struct commit **list, struct commit *head)
+{
+	const char *committer;
+	const char *subject_start = NULL;
+	const char *body = "*** SUBJECT HERE ***\n\n*** BLURB HERE ***\n";
+	const char *msg;
+	const char *extra_headers = rev->extra_headers;
+	struct shortlog log;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int i;
+	const char *encoding = "UTF-8";
+	struct diff_options opts;
+	int need_8bit_cte = 0;
+	struct commit *commit = NULL;
+
+	if (rev->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
+		die("Cover letter needs email format");
+
+	committer = git_committer_info(0);
+
+	if (!numbered_files) {
+		/*
+		 * We fake a commit for the cover letter so we get the filename
+		 * desired.
+		 */
+		commit = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*commit));
+		commit->buffer = xmalloc(400);
+		snprintf(commit->buffer, 400,
+			"tree 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000\n"
+			"parent %s\n"
+			"author %s\n"
+			"committer %s\n\n"
+			"cover letter\n",
+			sha1_to_hex(head->object.sha1), committer, committer);
+	}
+
+	if (!use_stdout && reopen_stdout(commit, rev))
+		return;
+
+	if (commit) {
+
+		free(commit->buffer);
+		free(commit);
+	}
+
+	log_write_email_headers(rev, head, &subject_start, &extra_headers,
+				&need_8bit_cte);
+
+	msg = body;
+	pp_user_info(NULL, CMIT_FMT_EMAIL, &sb, committer, DATE_RFC2822,
+		     encoding);
+	pp_title_line(CMIT_FMT_EMAIL, &msg, &sb, subject_start, extra_headers,
+		      encoding, need_8bit_cte);
+	pp_remainder(CMIT_FMT_EMAIL, &msg, &sb, 0);
+	printf("%s\n", sb.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+
+	shortlog_init(&log);
+	log.wrap_lines = 1;
+	log.wrap = 72;
+	log.in1 = 2;
+	log.in2 = 4;
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+		shortlog_add_commit(&log, list[i]);
+
+	shortlog_output(&log);
+
+	/*
+	 * We can only do diffstat with a unique reference point
+	 */
+	if (!origin)
+		return;
+
+	memcpy(&opts, &rev->diffopt, sizeof(opts));
+	opts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_SUMMARY | DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
+
+	diff_setup_done(&opts);
+
+	diff_tree_sha1(origin->tree->object.sha1,
+		       head->tree->object.sha1,
+		       "", &opts);
+	diffcore_std(&opts);
+	diff_flush(&opts);
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+static const char *clean_message_id(const char *msg_id)
+{
+	char ch;
+	const char *a, *z, *m;
+
+	m = msg_id;
+	while ((ch = *m) && (isspace(ch) || (ch == '<')))
+		m++;
+	a = m;
+	z = NULL;
+	while ((ch = *m)) {
+		if (!isspace(ch) && (ch != '>'))
+			z = m;
+		m++;
+	}
+	if (!z)
+		die("insane in-reply-to: %s", msg_id);
+	if (++z == m)
+		return a;
+	return xmemdupz(a, z - a);
+}
+
+static const char *set_outdir(const char *prefix, const char *output_directory)
+{
+	if (output_directory && is_absolute_path(output_directory))
+		return output_directory;
+
+	if (!prefix || !*prefix) {
+		if (output_directory)
+			return output_directory;
+		/* The user did not explicitly ask for "./" */
+		outdir_offset = 2;
+		return "./";
+	}
+
+	outdir_offset = strlen(prefix);
+	if (!output_directory)
+		return prefix;
+
+	return xstrdup(prefix_filename(prefix, outdir_offset,
+				       output_directory));
+}
+
+static const char * const builtin_format_patch_usage[] = {
+	"git format-patch [options] [<since> | <revision range>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int keep_subject = 0;
+
+static int keep_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	((struct rev_info *)opt->value)->total = -1;
+	keep_subject = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int subject_prefix = 0;
+
+static int subject_prefix_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+			    int unset)
+{
+	subject_prefix = 1;
+	((struct rev_info *)opt->value)->subject_prefix = arg;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int numbered_cmdline_opt = 0;
+
+static int numbered_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+			     int unset)
+{
+	*(int *)opt->value = numbered_cmdline_opt = unset ? 0 : 1;
+	if (unset)
+		auto_number =  0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int no_numbered_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+				int unset)
+{
+	return numbered_callback(opt, arg, 1);
+}
+
+static int output_directory_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+			      int unset)
+{
+	const char **dir = (const char **)opt->value;
+	if (*dir)
+		die("Two output directories?");
+	*dir = arg;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int thread_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	int *thread = (int *)opt->value;
+	if (unset)
+		*thread = 0;
+	else if (!arg || !strcmp(arg, "shallow"))
+		*thread = THREAD_SHALLOW;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "deep"))
+		*thread = THREAD_DEEP;
+	else
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int attach_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	struct rev_info *rev = (struct rev_info *)opt->value;
+	if (unset)
+		rev->mime_boundary = NULL;
+	else if (arg)
+		rev->mime_boundary = arg;
+	else
+		rev->mime_boundary = git_version_string;
+	rev->no_inline = unset ? 0 : 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int inline_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	struct rev_info *rev = (struct rev_info *)opt->value;
+	if (unset)
+		rev->mime_boundary = NULL;
+	else if (arg)
+		rev->mime_boundary = arg;
+	else
+		rev->mime_boundary = git_version_string;
+	rev->no_inline = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int header_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	add_header(arg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cc_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	ALLOC_GROW(extra_cc, extra_cc_nr + 1, extra_cc_alloc);
+	extra_cc[extra_cc_nr++] = xstrdup(arg);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -412,164 +850,231 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct commit *commit;
 	struct commit **list = NULL;
 	struct rev_info rev;
-	int nr = 0, total, i, j;
+	int nr = 0, total, i;
 	int use_stdout = 0;
-	int numbered = 0;
 	int start_number = -1;
-	int keep_subject = 0;
+	int numbered_files = 0;		/* _just_ numbers */
 	int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
-	int thread = 0;
+	int cover_letter = 0;
+	int boundary_count = 0;
+	int no_binary_diff = 0;
+	struct commit *origin = NULL, *head = NULL;
 	const char *in_reply_to = NULL;
-	struct diff_options patch_id_opts;
+	struct patch_ids ids;
 	char *add_signoff = NULL;
-	char message_id[1024];
-	char ref_message_id[1024];
-
-	git_config(git_format_config);
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const struct option builtin_format_patch_options[] = {
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'n', "numbered", &numbered, NULL,
+			    "use [PATCH n/m] even with a single patch",
+			    PARSE_OPT_NOARG, numbered_callback },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'N', "no-numbered", &numbered, NULL,
+			    "use [PATCH] even with multiple patches",
+			    PARSE_OPT_NOARG, no_numbered_callback },
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &do_signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdout", &use_stdout,
+			    "print patches to standard out"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cover-letter", &cover_letter,
+			    "generate a cover letter"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "numbered-files", &numbered_files,
+			    "use simple number sequence for output file names"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "suffix", &fmt_patch_suffix, "sfx",
+			    "use <sfx> instead of '.patch'"),
+		OPT_INTEGER(0, "start-number", &start_number,
+			    "start numbering patches at <n> instead of 1"),
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "subject-prefix", &rev, "prefix",
+			    "Use [<prefix>] instead of [PATCH]",
+			    PARSE_OPT_NONEG, subject_prefix_callback },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'o', "output-directory", &output_directory,
+			    "dir", "store resulting files in <dir>",
+			    PARSE_OPT_NONEG, output_directory_callback },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'k', "keep-subject", &rev, NULL,
+			    "don't strip/add [PATCH]",
+			    PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, keep_callback },
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-binary", &no_binary_diff,
+			    "don't output binary diffs"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ignore-if-in-upstream", &ignore_if_in_upstream,
+			    "don't include a patch matching a commit upstream"),
+		OPT_GROUP("Messaging"),
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "add-header", NULL, "header",
+			    "add email header", PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
+			    header_callback },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "cc", NULL, "email", "add Cc: header",
+			    PARSE_OPT_NONEG, cc_callback },
+		OPT_STRING(0, "in-reply-to", &in_reply_to, "message-id",
+			    "make first mail a reply to <message-id>"),
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "attach", &rev, "boundary",
+			    "attach the patch", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG,
+			    attach_callback },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "inline", &rev, "boundary",
+			    "inline the patch",
+			    PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
+			    inline_callback },
+		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "thread", &thread, "style",
+			    "enable message threading, styles: shallow, deep",
+			    PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, thread_callback },
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	git_config(git_format_config, NULL);
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL;
 	rev.verbose_header = 1;
 	rev.diff = 1;
 	rev.combine_merges = 0;
 	rev.ignore_merges = 1;
-	rev.diffopt.msg_sep = "";
-	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
+	DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, RECURSIVE);
 
-	rev.extra_headers = extra_headers;
+	rev.subject_prefix = fmt_patch_subject_prefix;
+
+	if (default_attach) {
+		rev.mime_boundary = default_attach;
+		rev.no_inline = 1;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Parse the arguments before setup_revisions(), or something
-	 * like "git fmt-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
+	 * like "git format-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
 	 * possibly a valid SHA1.
 	 */
-	for (i = 1, j = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--stdout"))
-			use_stdout = 1;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-n") ||
-				!strcmp(argv[i], "--numbered"))
-			numbered = 1;
-		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[i], "--start-number="))
-			start_number = strtol(argv[i] + 15, NULL, 10);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--start-number")) {
-			i++;
-			if (i == argc)
-				die("Need a number for --start-number");
-			start_number = strtol(argv[i], NULL, 10);
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-k") ||
-				!strcmp(argv[i], "--keep-subject")) {
-			keep_subject = 1;
-			rev.total = -1;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--output-directory") ||
-			 !strcmp(argv[i], "-o")) {
-			i++;
-			if (argc <= i)
-				die("Which directory?");
-			if (output_directory)
-				die("Two output directories?");
-			output_directory = argv[i];
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--signoff") ||
-			 !strcmp(argv[i], "-s")) {
-			const char *committer;
-			const char *endpos;
-			committer = git_committer_info(1);
-			endpos = strchr(committer, '>');
-			if (!endpos)
-				die("bogos committer info %s\n", committer);
-			add_signoff = xmalloc(endpos - committer + 2);
-			memcpy(add_signoff, committer, endpos - committer + 1);
-			add_signoff[endpos - committer + 1] = 0;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--attach")) {
-			rev.mime_boundary = git_version_string;
-			rev.no_inline = 1;
-		}
-		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[i], "--attach=")) {
-			rev.mime_boundary = argv[i] + 9;
-			rev.no_inline = 1;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--inline")) {
-			rev.mime_boundary = git_version_string;
-			rev.no_inline = 0;
-		}
-		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[i], "--inline=")) {
-			rev.mime_boundary = argv[i] + 9;
-			rev.no_inline = 0;
-		}
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--ignore-if-in-upstream"))
-			ignore_if_in_upstream = 1;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--thread"))
-			thread = 1;
-		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[i], "--in-reply-to="))
-			in_reply_to = argv[i] + 14;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--in-reply-to")) {
-			i++;
-			if (i == argc)
-				die("Need a Message-Id for --in-reply-to");
-			in_reply_to = argv[i];
-		}
-		else if (!prefixcmp(argv[i], "--suffix="))
-			fmt_patch_suffix = argv[i] + 9;
-		else
-			argv[j++] = argv[i];
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_format_patch_options,
+			     builtin_format_patch_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 | PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
+
+	if (do_signoff) {
+		const char *committer;
+		const char *endpos;
+		committer = git_committer_info(IDENT_ERROR_ON_NO_NAME);
+		endpos = strchr(committer, '>');
+		if (!endpos)
+			die("bogus committer info %s", committer);
+		add_signoff = xmemdupz(committer, endpos - committer + 1);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < extra_hdr_nr; i++) {
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, extra_hdr[i]);
+		strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
+	}
+
+	if (extra_to_nr)
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, "To: ");
+	for (i = 0; i < extra_to_nr; i++) {
+		if (i)
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "    ");
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, extra_to[i]);
+		if (i + 1 < extra_to_nr)
+			strbuf_addch(&buf, ',');
+		strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
+	}
+
+	if (extra_cc_nr)
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, "Cc: ");
+	for (i = 0; i < extra_cc_nr; i++) {
+		if (i)
+			strbuf_addstr(&buf, "    ");
+		strbuf_addstr(&buf, extra_cc[i]);
+		if (i + 1 < extra_cc_nr)
+			strbuf_addch(&buf, ',');
+		strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
 	}
-	argc = j;
+
+	rev.extra_headers = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 
 	if (start_number < 0)
 		start_number = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * If numbered is set solely due to format.numbered in config,
+	 * and it would conflict with --keep-subject (-k) from the
+	 * command line, reset "numbered".
+	 */
+	if (numbered && keep_subject && !numbered_cmdline_opt)
+		numbered = 0;
+
 	if (numbered && keep_subject)
 		die ("-n and -k are mutually exclusive.");
+	if (keep_subject && subject_prefix)
+		die ("--subject-prefix and -k are mutually exclusive.");
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, "HEAD");
 	if (argc > 1)
 		die ("unrecognized argument: %s", argv[1]);
 
-	if (!rev.diffopt.output_format)
+	if (!rev.diffopt.output_format
+		|| rev.diffopt.output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH)
 		rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT | DIFF_FORMAT_SUMMARY | DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 
-	if (!rev.diffopt.text)
-		rev.diffopt.binary = 1;
+	if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, TEXT) && !no_binary_diff)
+		DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, BINARY);
 
-	if (!output_directory && !use_stdout)
-		output_directory = prefix;
+	if (!use_stdout)
+		output_directory = set_outdir(prefix, output_directory);
 
 	if (output_directory) {
 		if (use_stdout)
 			die("standard output, or directory, which one?");
 		if (mkdir(output_directory, 0777) < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
-			die("Could not create directory %s",
-			    output_directory);
+			die_errno("Could not create directory '%s'",
+				  output_directory);
 	}
 
 	if (rev.pending.nr == 1) {
-		if (rev.max_count < 0) {
+		if (rev.max_count < 0 && !rev.show_root_diff) {
+			/*
+			 * This is traditional behaviour of "git format-patch
+			 * origin" that prepares what the origin side still
+			 * does not have.
+			 */
 			rev.pending.objects[0].item->flags |= UNINTERESTING;
-			add_head(&rev);
+			add_head_to_pending(&rev);
 		}
-		/* Otherwise, it is "format-patch -22 HEAD", and
-		 * get_revision() would return only the specified count.
+		/*
+		 * Otherwise, it is "format-patch -22 HEAD", and/or
+		 * "format-patch --root HEAD".  The user wants
+		 * get_revision() to do the usual traversal.
 		 */
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We cannot move this anywhere earlier because we do want to
+	 * know if --root was given explicitly from the comand line.
+	 */
+	rev.show_root_diff = 1;
+
+	if (cover_letter) {
+		/* remember the range */
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < rev.pending.nr; i++) {
+			struct object *o = rev.pending.objects[i].item;
+			if (!(o->flags & UNINTERESTING))
+				head = (struct commit *)o;
+		}
+		/* We can't generate a cover letter without any patches */
+		if (!head)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (ignore_if_in_upstream)
-		get_patch_ids(&rev, &patch_id_opts, prefix);
+		get_patch_ids(&rev, &ids, prefix);
 
 	if (!use_stdout)
-		realstdout = fdopen(dup(1), "w");
+		realstdout = xfdopen(xdup(1), "w");
 
-	prepare_revision_walk(&rev);
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&rev))
+		die("revision walk setup failed");
+	rev.boundary = 1;
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
-		unsigned char sha1[20];
+		if (commit->object.flags & BOUNDARY) {
+			boundary_count++;
+			origin = (boundary_count == 1) ? commit : NULL;
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		/* ignore merges */
 		if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next)
 			continue;
 
 		if (ignore_if_in_upstream &&
-				!get_patch_id(commit, &patch_id_opts, sha1) &&
-				lookup_object(sha1))
+				has_commit_patch_id(commit, &ids))
 			continue;
 
 		nr++;
@@ -577,29 +1082,70 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		list[nr - 1] = commit;
 	}
 	total = nr;
+	if (!keep_subject && auto_number && total > 1)
+		numbered = 1;
 	if (numbered)
 		rev.total = total + start_number - 1;
+	if (in_reply_to || thread || cover_letter)
+		rev.ref_message_ids = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct string_list));
+	if (in_reply_to) {
+		const char *msgid = clean_message_id(in_reply_to);
+		string_list_append(msgid, rev.ref_message_ids);
+	}
+	rev.numbered_files = numbered_files;
+	rev.patch_suffix = fmt_patch_suffix;
+	if (cover_letter) {
+		if (thread)
+			gen_message_id(&rev, "cover");
+		make_cover_letter(&rev, use_stdout, numbered, numbered_files,
+				  origin, nr, list, head);
+		total++;
+		start_number--;
+	}
 	rev.add_signoff = add_signoff;
-	rev.ref_message_id = in_reply_to;
 	while (0 <= --nr) {
 		int shown;
 		commit = list[nr];
 		rev.nr = total - nr + (start_number - 1);
 		/* Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first */
 		if (thread) {
-			if (nr == (total - 2)) {
-				strncpy(ref_message_id, message_id,
-					sizeof(ref_message_id));
-				ref_message_id[sizeof(ref_message_id)-1]='\0';
-				rev.ref_message_id = ref_message_id;
+			/* Have we already had a message ID? */
+			if (rev.message_id) {
+				/*
+				 * For deep threading: make every mail
+				 * a reply to the previous one, no
+				 * matter what other options are set.
+				 *
+				 * For shallow threading:
+				 *
+				 * Without --cover-letter and
+				 * --in-reply-to, make every mail a
+				 * reply to the one before.
+				 *
+				 * With --in-reply-to but no
+				 * --cover-letter, make every mail a
+				 * reply to the <reply-to>.
+				 *
+				 * With --cover-letter, make every
+				 * mail but the cover letter a reply
+				 * to the cover letter.  The cover
+				 * letter is a reply to the
+				 * --in-reply-to, if specified.
+				 */
+				if (thread == THREAD_SHALLOW
+				    && rev.ref_message_ids->nr > 0
+				    && (!cover_letter || rev.nr > 1))
+					free(rev.message_id);
+				else
+					string_list_append(rev.message_id,
+							   rev.ref_message_ids);
 			}
-			gen_message_id(message_id, sizeof(message_id),
-				       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
-			rev.message_id = message_id;
+			gen_message_id(&rev, sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 		}
-		if (!use_stdout)
-			if (reopen_stdout(commit, rev.nr, keep_subject))
-				die("Failed to create output files");
+
+		if (!use_stdout && reopen_stdout(numbered_files ? NULL : commit,
+						 &rev))
+			die("Failed to create output files");
 		shown = log_tree_commit(&rev, commit);
 		free(commit->buffer);
 		commit->buffer = NULL;
@@ -624,6 +1170,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			fclose(stdout);
 	}
 	free(list);
+	if (ignore_if_in_upstream)
+		free_patch_ids(&ids);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -642,13 +1190,14 @@ static int add_pending_commit(const char *arg, struct rev_info *revs, int flags)
 }
 
 static const char cherry_usage[] =
-"git-cherry [-v] <upstream> [<head>] [<limit>]";
+"git cherry [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]";
 int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
-	struct diff_options patch_id_opts;
+	struct patch_ids ids;
 	struct commit *commit;
 	struct commit_list *list = NULL;
+	struct branch *current_branch;
 	const char *upstream;
 	const char *head = "HEAD";
 	const char *limit = NULL;
@@ -671,14 +1220,24 @@ int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		upstream = argv[1];
 		break;
 	default:
-		usage(cherry_usage);
+		current_branch = branch_get(NULL);
+		if (!current_branch || !current_branch->merge
+					|| !current_branch->merge[0]
+					|| !current_branch->merge[0]->dst) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Could not find a tracked"
+					" remote branch, please"
+					" specify <upstream> manually.\n");
+			usage(cherry_usage);
+		}
+
+		upstream = current_branch->merge[0]->dst;
 	}
 
 	init_revisions(&revs, prefix);
 	revs.diff = 1;
 	revs.combine_merges = 0;
 	revs.ignore_merges = 1;
-	revs.diffopt.recursive = 1;
+	DIFF_OPT_SET(&revs.diffopt, RECURSIVE);
 
 	if (add_pending_commit(head, &revs, 0))
 		die("Unknown commit %s", head);
@@ -692,13 +1251,14 @@ int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	get_patch_ids(&revs, &patch_id_opts, prefix);
+	get_patch_ids(&revs, &ids, prefix);
 
 	if (limit && add_pending_commit(limit, &revs, UNINTERESTING))
 		die("Unknown commit %s", limit);
 
 	/* reverse the list of commits */
-	prepare_revision_walk(&revs);
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
+		die("revision walk setup failed");
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs)) != NULL) {
 		/* ignore merges */
 		if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next)
@@ -708,20 +1268,19 @@ int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	while (list) {
-		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		char sign = '+';
 
 		commit = list->item;
-		if (!get_patch_id(commit, &patch_id_opts, sha1) &&
-		    lookup_object(sha1))
+		if (has_commit_patch_id(commit, &ids))
 			sign = '-';
 
 		if (verbose) {
-			static char buf[16384];
-			pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, ~0,
-			                    buf, sizeof(buf), 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
+			struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+			pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit,
+			                    &buf, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
 			printf("%c %s %s\n", sign,
-			       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), buf);
+			       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1), buf.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&buf);
 		}
 		else {
 			printf("%c %s\n", sign,
@@ -731,5 +1290,6 @@ int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		list = list->next;
 	}
 
+	free_patch_ids(&ids);
 	return 0;
 }