$ rm -rf d $ mkdir -p d/patches $ cd d $ cat > no-subject < Here goes a longer description of the patch, which is < totally useless except as a test case for the quilt mail < command. This paragraph is longer than 150 characters so < that it won't be taken for a subject header itself. < < Index: anything $ cat no-subject > patches/1.diff $ ls patches/ > series $ quilt mail --mbox mbox --prefix "test" --subject "This is a test" -m "Message" > Unable to extract a subject header from patches/1.diff $ cat - no-subject > patches/1.diff < Subject: Subject of 1.diff < < Acked-by: Dummy < $ quilt mail --mbox mbox --prefix "test" -m "Message" > Introduction has no subject header $ cat - no-subject > patches/2.diff < DESC < Subject of 2.diff < is: split < into multiple < lines < EDESC < < Signed-off-by: Dummy < $ cat - no-subject > patches/3.diff < Subject of 3.diff < < To: John X. Doe < $ cat - no-subject > patches/4.diff < First paragraph used as < subject of 4.diff. < < Signed-off-by: Joe R. Hacker < Cc: "John X. Doe" < Cc: Ü is an umlaut < $ cat - no-subject > patches/5.diff < Subject of 1.diff < $ ls patches/ > series $ quilt mail --mbox mbox --prefix "test" --subject "This is a test" -m "Message" > Patches patches/1.diff, patches/5.diff have duplicate subject headers. $ cat - no-subject > patches/5.diff < Aw: [patch] Fwd: Re: [patch 5/7] Fw: Subject of 5.diff < $ quilt mail --mbox mbox --prefix "test" --subject "This is a test" -m "Message" $ grep -e '^Subject:' -e '^To:' -e '^Cc:' -e '^-- $' -e '^ ' mbox > Subject: [test 0/5] This is a test > -- > Cc: Dummy > Subject: [test 1/5] Subject of 1.diff > -- > Cc: Dummy > Subject: [test 2/5] Subject of 2.diff is: split into multiple lines > -- > To: "John X. Doe" > Subject: [test 3/5] Subject of 3.diff > To: John X. Doe > -- > Cc: "Joe R. Hacker" , > "John X. Doe" , > =?UTF-8?q?=C3=9C=20is=20an=20umlaut?= > Subject: [test 4/5] First paragraph used as subject of 4.diff. > Cc: "John X. Doe" > Cc: Ü is an umlaut > -- > Subject: [test 5/5] Subject of 5.diff > -- $ cd .. $ rm -rf d