#include "rerere.h"
 #include "prompt.h"
 #include "mailinfo.h"
+#include "apply.h"
 
 /**
  * Returns 1 if the file is empty or does not exist, 0 otherwise.
  */
 static int run_apply(const struct am_state *state, const char *index_file)
 {
-       struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
-
-       cp.git_cmd = 1;
-
-       if (index_file)
-               argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file);
+       struct argv_array apply_paths = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+       struct argv_array apply_opts = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+       struct apply_state apply_state;
+       int res, opts_left;
+       static struct lock_file lock_file;
+       int force_apply = 0;
+       int options = 0;
+
+       if (init_apply_state(&apply_state, NULL, &lock_file))
+               die("BUG: init_apply_state() failed");
+
+       argv_array_push(&apply_opts, "apply");
+       argv_array_pushv(&apply_opts, state->git_apply_opts.argv);
+
+       opts_left = apply_parse_options(apply_opts.argc, apply_opts.argv,
+                                       &apply_state, &force_apply, &options,
+                                       NULL);
+
+       if (opts_left != 0)
+               die("unknown option passed through to git apply");
+
+       if (index_file) {
+               apply_state.index_file = index_file;
+               apply_state.cached = 1;
+       } else
+               apply_state.check_index = 1;
 
        /*
         * If we are allowed to fall back on 3-way merge, don't give false
         * errors during the initial attempt.
         */
-       if (state->threeway && !index_file) {
-               cp.no_stdout = 1;
-               cp.no_stderr = 1;
-       }
+       if (state->threeway && !index_file)
+               apply_state.apply_verbosity = verbosity_silent;
 
-       argv_array_push(&cp.args, "apply");
+       if (check_apply_state(&apply_state, force_apply))
+               die("BUG: check_apply_state() failed");
 
-       argv_array_pushv(&cp.args, state->git_apply_opts.argv);
+       argv_array_push(&apply_paths, am_path(state, "patch"));
 
-       if (index_file)
-               argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--cached");
-       else
-               argv_array_push(&cp.args, "--index");
+       res = apply_all_patches(&apply_state, apply_paths.argc, apply_paths.argv, options);
 
-       argv_array_push(&cp.args, am_path(state, "patch"));
+       argv_array_clear(&apply_paths);
+       argv_array_clear(&apply_opts);
+       clear_apply_state(&apply_state);
 
-       if (run_command(&cp))
-               return -1;
+       if (res)
+               return res;
 
-       /* Reload index as git-apply will have modified it. */
-       discard_cache();
-       read_cache_from(index_file ? index_file : get_index_file());
+       if (index_file) {
+               /* Reload index as apply_all_patches() will have modified it. */
+               discard_cache();
+               read_cache_from(index_file);
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }