+/**
+ * This function only supports a single StGit series file in `paths`.
+ *
+ * Given an StGit series file, converts the StGit patches in the series into
+ * RFC2822 messages suitable for parsing with git-mailinfo, and queues them in
+ * the state directory.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ */
+static int split_mail_stgit_series(struct am_state *state, const char **paths,
+ int keep_cr)
+{
+ const char *series_dir;
+ char *series_dir_buf;
+ FILE *fp;
+ struct argv_array patches = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!paths[0] || paths[1])
+ return error(_("Only one StGIT patch series can be applied at once"));
+
+ series_dir_buf = xstrdup(*paths);
+ series_dir = dirname(series_dir_buf);
+
+ fp = fopen(*paths, "r");
+ if (!fp)
+ return error(_("could not open '%s' for reading: %s"), *paths,
+ strerror(errno));
+
+ while (!strbuf_getline(&sb, fp, '\n')) {
+ if (*sb.buf == '#')
+ continue; /* skip comment lines */
+
+ argv_array_push(&patches, mkpath("%s/%s", series_dir, sb.buf));
+ }
+
+ fclose(fp);
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+ free(series_dir_buf);
+
+ ret = split_mail_conv(stgit_patch_to_mail, state, patches.argv, keep_cr);
+
+ argv_array_clear(&patches);
+ return ret;
+}
+