cherry-pick: add --allow-empty-message option

diff --git a/builtin/mailinfo.c b/builtin/mailinfo.c
index bfb32b7233850a68bdc226038a9c0f973037499b..eaf9e157a3897c2442756911b906ff9d3ee2be90 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/mailinfo.c
+++ b/builtin/mailinfo.c
@@ -250,8 +250,17 @@ static void cleanup_subject(struct strbuf *subject)
                            (7 <= remove &&
                             memmem(subject->buf + at, remove, "PATCH", 5)))
                                strbuf_remove(subject, at, remove);
-                       else
+                       else {
                                at += remove;
+                               /*
+                                * If the input had a space after the ], keep
+                                * it.  We don't bother with finding the end of
+                                * the space, since we later normalize it
+                                * anyway.
+                                */
+                               if (isspace(subject->buf[at]))
+                                       at += 1;
+                       }
                        continue;
                }
                break;