+/**
+ * Determines if the file looks like a piece of RFC2822 mail by grabbing all
+ * non-indented lines and checking if they look like they begin with valid
+ * header field names.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the file looks like a piece of mail, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int is_mail(FILE *fp)
+{
+ const char *header_regex = "^[!-9;-~]+:";
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ regex_t regex;
+ int ret = 1;
+
+ if (fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET))
+ die_errno(_("fseek failed"));
+
+ if (regcomp(®ex, header_regex, REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED))
+ die("invalid pattern: %s", header_regex);
+
+ while (!strbuf_getline_crlf(&sb, fp)) {
+ if (!sb.len)
+ break; /* End of header */
+
+ /* Ignore indented folded lines */
+ if (*sb.buf == '\t' || *sb.buf == ' ')
+ continue;
+
+ /* It's a header if it matches header_regex */
+ if (regexec(®ex, sb.buf, 0, NULL, 0)) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ }
+
+done:
+ regfree(®ex);
+ strbuf_release(&sb);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attempts to detect the patch_format of the patches contained in `paths`,
+ * returning the PATCH_FORMAT_* enum value. Returns PATCH_FORMAT_UNKNOWN if
+ * detection fails.
+ */
+static int detect_patch_format(const char **paths)
+{
+ enum patch_format ret = PATCH_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
+ struct strbuf l1 = STRBUF_INIT;
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ /*
+ * We default to mbox format if input is from stdin and for directories
+ */
+ if (!*paths || !strcmp(*paths, "-") || is_directory(*paths))
+ return PATCH_FORMAT_MBOX;
+
+ /*
+ * Otherwise, check the first few lines of the first patch, starting
+ * from the first non-blank line, to try to detect its format.
+ */
+
+ fp = xfopen(*paths, "r");
+
+ while (!strbuf_getline_crlf(&l1, fp)) {
+ if (l1.len)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (starts_with(l1.buf, "From ") || starts_with(l1.buf, "From: ")) {
+ ret = PATCH_FORMAT_MBOX;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ if (l1.len && is_mail(fp)) {
+ ret = PATCH_FORMAT_MBOX;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+done:
+ fclose(fp);
+ strbuf_release(&l1);
+ return ret;
+}
+