}
 }
 
-static int handle_filter(char *line, unsigned linesize);
+static int handle_filter(char *line, unsigned linesize, int linelen);
 
 static int find_boundary(void)
 {
                                        "can't recover\n");
                        exit(1);
                }
-               handle_filter(newline, sizeof(newline));
+               handle_filter(newline, sizeof(newline), strlen(newline));
 
                /* skip to the next boundary */
                if (!find_boundary())
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int handle_patch(char *line)
+static int handle_patch(char *line, int len)
 {
-       fputs(line, patchfile);
+       fwrite(line, 1, len, patchfile);
        patch_lines++;
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int handle_filter(char *line, unsigned linesize)
+static int handle_filter(char *line, unsigned linesize, int linelen)
 {
        static int filter = 0;
 
                        break;
                filter++;
        case 1:
-               if (!handle_patch(line))
+               if (!handle_patch(line, linelen))
                        break;
                filter++;
        default:
        int rc = 0;
        static char newline[2000];
        static char *np = newline;
+       int len = strlen(line);
 
        /* Skip up to the first boundary */
        if (content_top->boundary) {
                        /* flush any leftover */
                        if ((transfer_encoding == TE_BASE64)  &&
                            (np != newline)) {
-                               handle_filter(newline, sizeof(newline));
+                               handle_filter(newline, sizeof(newline),
+                                               strlen(newline));
                        }
                        if (!handle_boundary())
                                return;
 
                        /* binary data most likely doesn't have newlines */
                        if (message_type != TYPE_TEXT) {
-                               rc = handle_filter(line, sizeof(newline));
+                               rc = handle_filter(line, sizeof(line), len);
                                break;
                        }
 
                                        /* should be sitting on a new line */
                                        *(++np) = 0;
                                        op++;
-                                       rc = handle_filter(newline, sizeof(newline));
+                                       rc = handle_filter(newline, sizeof(newline), np - newline);
                                        np = newline;
                                }
                        } while (*op != 0);
                        break;
                }
                default:
-                       rc = handle_filter(line, sizeof(newline));
+                       rc = handle_filter(line, sizeof(line), len);
                }
                if (rc)
                        /* nothing left to filter */
                        break;
-       } while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fin));
+       } while ((len = read_line_with_nul(line, sizeof(line), fin)));
 
        return;
 }
 
 /* Could be as small as 64, enough to hold a Unix "From " line. */
 static char buf[4096];
 
+/* We cannot use fgets() because our lines can contain NULs */
+int read_line_with_nul(char *buf, int size, FILE *in)
+{
+       int len = 0, c;
+
+       for (;;) {
+               c = getc(in);
+               buf[len++] = c;
+               if (c == EOF || c == '\n' || len + 1 >= size)
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       if (c == EOF)
+               len--;
+       buf[len] = '\0';
+
+       return len;
+}
+
 /* Called with the first line (potentially partial)
  * already in buf[] -- normally that should begin with
  * the Unix "From " line.  Write it into the specified
         * "From " and having something that looks like a date format.
         */
        for (;;) {
-               int is_partial = (buf[len-1] != '\n');
+               int is_partial = len && buf[len-1] != '\n';
 
-               if (fputs(buf, output) == EOF)
+               if (fwrite(buf, 1, len, output) != len)
                        die("cannot write output");
 
-               if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), mbox) == NULL) {
+               len = read_line_with_nul(buf, sizeof(buf), mbox);
+               if (len == 0) {
                        if (feof(mbox)) {
                                status = 1;
                                break;
                        }
                        die("cannot read mbox");
                }
-               len = strlen(buf);
                if (!is_partial && !is_bare && is_from_line(buf, len))
                        break; /* done with one message */
        }
 
 extern void list_common_cmds_help(void);
 extern void help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd);
 extern void prune_packed_objects(int);
+extern int read_line_with_nul(char *buf, int size, FILE *file);
 
 extern int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);