diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bfe1c3378..7e6517f62b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ SCRIPT_SH = \
 	git-bisect.sh git-branch.sh git-checkout.sh \
 	git-cherry.sh git-clean.sh git-clone.sh git-commit.sh \
 	git-fetch.sh \
-	git-format-patch.sh git-ls-remote.sh \
+	git-ls-remote.sh \
 	git-merge-one-file.sh git-parse-remote.sh \
 	git-prune.sh git-pull.sh git-rebase.sh \
 	git-repack.sh git-request-pull.sh git-reset.sh \
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ BUILT_INS = git-log$X git-whatchanged$X git-show$X \
 	git-count-objects$X git-diff$X git-push$X \
 	git-grep$X git-add$X git-rm$X git-rev-list$X \
 	git-check-ref-format$X \
-	git-init-db$X git-tar-tree$X git-upload-tar$X \
+	git-init-db$X git-tar-tree$X git-upload-tar$X git-format-patch$X \
 	git-ls-files$X git-ls-tree$X \
 	git-read-tree$X git-commit-tree$X \
 	git-apply$X git-show-branch$X git-diff-files$X \
diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index de81b05e32..27451d5613 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_combined(struct rev_info *revs,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void add_head(struct rev_info *revs)
+void add_head(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	struct object *obj;
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index c4ceee0f98..c8feb0f795 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "log-tree.h"
+#include "builtin.h"
+
+/* this is in builtin-diff.c */
+void add_head(struct rev_info *revs);
 
 static int cmd_log_wc(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp,
 		      struct rev_info *rev)
@@ -74,3 +78,171 @@ int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 	rev.diffopt.recursive = 1;
 	return cmd_log_wc(argc, argv, envp, &rev);
 }
+
+static int istitlechar(char c)
+{
+	return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ||
+		(c >= '0' && c <= '9') || c == '.' || c == '_';
+}
+
+static FILE *realstdout = NULL;
+static char *output_directory = NULL;
+
+static void reopen_stdout(struct commit *commit, int nr, int keep_subject)
+{
+	char filename[1024];
+	char *sol;
+	int len = 0;
+
+	if (output_directory) {
+		strncpy(filename, output_directory, 1010);
+		len = strlen(filename);
+		if (filename[len - 1] != '/')
+			filename[len++] = '/';
+	}
+
+	sprintf(filename + len, "%04d", nr);
+	len = strlen(filename);
+
+	sol = strstr(commit->buffer, "\n\n");
+	if (sol) {
+		int j, space = 1;
+
+		sol += 2;
+		/* strip [PATCH] or [PATCH blabla] */
+		if (!keep_subject && !strncmp(sol, "[PATCH", 6)) {
+			char *eos = strchr(sol + 6, ']');
+			if (eos) {
+				while (isspace(*eos))
+					eos++;
+				sol = eos;
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (j = 0; len < 1024 - 6 && sol[j] && sol[j] != '\n'; j++) {
+			if (istitlechar(sol[j])) {
+				if (space) {
+					filename[len++] = '-';
+					space = 0;
+				}
+				filename[len++] = sol[j];
+				if (sol[j] == '.')
+					while (sol[j + 1] == '.')
+						j++;
+			} else
+				space = 1;
+		}
+		while (filename[len - 1] == '.' || filename[len - 1] == '-')
+			len--;
+	}
+	strcpy(filename + len, ".txt");
+	fprintf(realstdout, "%s\n", filename);
+	freopen(filename, "w", stdout);
+}
+
+int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+	struct commit *commit;
+	struct commit **list = NULL;
+	struct rev_info rev;
+	int nr = 0, total, i, j;
+	int use_stdout = 0;
+	int numbered = 0;
+	int keep_subject = 0;
+
+	init_revisions(&rev);
+	rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL;
+	rev.verbose_header = 1;
+	rev.diff = 1;
+	rev.diffopt.with_raw = 0;
+	rev.diffopt.with_stat = 1;
+	rev.combine_merges = 0;
+	rev.ignore_merges = 1;
+	rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+
+	/*
+	 * Parse the arguments before setup_revisions(), or something
+	 * like "git fmt-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
+	 * possibly a valid SHA1.
+	 */
+	for (i = 1, j = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--stdout"))
+			use_stdout = 1;
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-n") ||
+				!strcmp(argv[i], "--numbered"))
+			numbered = 1;
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-k") ||
+				!strcmp(argv[i], "--keep-subject")) {
+			keep_subject = 1;
+			rev.total = -1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-o")) {
+			if (argc < 3)
+				die ("Which directory?");
+			if (mkdir(argv[i + 1], 0777) < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
+				die("Could not create directory %s",
+						argv[i + 1]);
+			output_directory = strdup(argv[i + 1]);
+			i++;
+		}
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--attach"))
+			rev.mime_boundary = git_version_string;
+		else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "--attach=", 9))
+			rev.mime_boundary = argv[i] + 9;
+		else
+			argv[j++] = argv[i];
+	}
+	argc = j;
+
+	if (numbered && keep_subject < 0)
+		die ("-n and -k are mutually exclusive.");
+
+	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, "HEAD");
+	if (argc > 1)
+		die ("unrecognized argument: %s", argv[1]);
+
+	if (rev.pending_objects && rev.pending_objects->next == NULL) {
+		rev.pending_objects->item->flags |= UNINTERESTING;
+		add_head(&rev);
+	}
+
+	if (!use_stdout)
+		realstdout = fdopen(dup(1), "w");
+
+	prepare_revision_walk(&rev);
+	while ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
+		/* ignore merges */
+		if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next)
+			continue;
+		nr++;
+		list = realloc(list, nr * sizeof(list[0]));
+		list[nr - 1] = commit;
+	}
+	total = nr;
+	if (numbered)
+		rev.total = total;
+	while (0 <= --nr) {
+		int shown;
+		commit = list[nr];
+		rev.nr = total - nr;
+		if (!use_stdout)
+			reopen_stdout(commit, rev.nr, keep_subject);
+		shown = log_tree_commit(&rev, commit);
+		free(commit->buffer);
+		commit->buffer = NULL;
+		if (shown) {
+			if (rev.mime_boundary)
+				printf("\n--%s%s--\n\n\n",
+				       mime_boundary_leader,
+				       rev.mime_boundary);
+			else
+				printf("-- \n%s\n\n", git_version_string);
+		}
+		if (!use_stdout)
+			fclose(stdout);
+	}
+	if (output_directory)
+		free(output_directory);
+	free(list);
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/builtin-rev-list.c b/builtin-rev-list.c
index 446802d377..f11dbd65c1 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-list.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		static char pretty_header[16384];
 		pretty_print_commit(revs.commit_format, commit, ~0,
 				    pretty_header, sizeof(pretty_header),
-				    revs.abbrev);
+				    revs.abbrev, NULL, NULL);
 		printf("%s%c", pretty_header, hdr_termination);
 	}
 	fflush(stdout);
diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c
index 3af24e767b..2895140915 100644
--- a/builtin-show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-show-branch.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void show_one_commit(struct commit *commit, int no_name)
 	struct commit_name *name = commit->object.util;
 	if (commit->object.parsed)
 		pretty_print_commit(CMIT_FMT_ONELINE, commit, ~0,
-				    pretty, sizeof(pretty), 0);
+				    pretty, sizeof(pretty), 0, NULL, NULL);
 	else
 		strcpy(pretty, "(unavailable)");
 	if (!strncmp(pretty, "[PATCH] ", 8))
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index fa5e50ec2c..714b97578c 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern int cmd_whatchanged(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
+extern int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 extern int cmd_count_objects(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
 
 extern int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp);
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index d8aa9e6047..f625c8ef17 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ extern void *read_object_with_reference(const unsigned char *sha1,
 					unsigned char *sha1_ret);
 
 const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int timezone);
+const char *show_rfc2822_date(unsigned long time, int timezone);
 int parse_date(const char *date, char *buf, int bufsize);
 void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize);
 unsigned long approxidate(const char *);
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 4a26070c13..0b163d4857 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct cmt_fmt_map {
 	{ "raw",	1,	CMIT_FMT_RAW },
 	{ "medium",	1,	CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM },
 	{ "short",	1,	CMIT_FMT_SHORT },
+	{ "email",	1,	CMIT_FMT_EMAIL },
 	{ "full",	5,	CMIT_FMT_FULL },
 	{ "fuller",	5,	CMIT_FMT_FULLER },
 	{ "oneline",	1,	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE },
@@ -438,6 +439,10 @@ static int add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const c
 	time = strtoul(date, &date, 10);
 	tz = strtol(date, NULL, 10);
 
+	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) {
+		what = "From";
+		filler = "";
+	}
 	ret = sprintf(buf, "%s: %.*s%.*s\n", what,
 		      (fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULLER) ? 4 : 0,
 		      filler, namelen, line);
@@ -445,6 +450,10 @@ static int add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const c
 	case CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM:
 		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "Date:   %s\n", show_date(time, tz));
 		break;
+	case CMIT_FMT_EMAIL:
+		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "Date: %s\n",
+			       show_rfc2822_date(time, tz));
+		break;
 	case CMIT_FMT_FULLER:
 		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "%sDate: %s\n", what, show_date(time, tz));
 		break;
@@ -455,10 +464,12 @@ static int add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const c
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int is_empty_line(const char *line, int len)
+static int is_empty_line(const char *line, int *len_p)
 {
+	int len = *len_p;
 	while (len && isspace(line[len-1]))
 		len--;
+	*len_p = len;
 	return !len;
 }
 
@@ -467,7 +478,8 @@ static int add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const struct commit *com
 	struct commit_list *parent = commit->parents;
 	int offset;
 
-	if ((fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) || !parent || !parent->next)
+	if ((fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) || (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) ||
+	    !parent || !parent->next)
 		return 0;
 
 	offset = sprintf(buf, "Merge:");
@@ -486,14 +498,17 @@ static int add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const struct commit *com
 	return offset;
 }
 
-unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit, unsigned long len, char *buf, unsigned long space, int abbrev)
+unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit, unsigned long len, char *buf, unsigned long space, int abbrev, const char *subject, const char *after_subject)
 {
 	int hdr = 1, body = 0;
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
-	int indent = (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) ? 0 : 4;
+	int indent = 4;
 	int parents_shown = 0;
 	const char *msg = commit->buffer;
 
+	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE || fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
+		indent = 0;
+
 	for (;;) {
 		const char *line = msg;
 		int linelen = get_one_line(msg, len);
@@ -516,7 +531,7 @@ unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit
 		if (hdr) {
 			if (linelen == 1) {
 				hdr = 0;
-				if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
+				if ((fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) && !subject)
 					buf[offset++] = '\n';
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -554,20 +569,37 @@ unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (is_empty_line(line, linelen)) {
+		if (is_empty_line(line, &linelen)) {
 			if (!body)
 				continue;
+			if (subject)
+				continue;
 			if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_SHORT)
 				break;
 		} else {
 			body = 1;
 		}
 
+		if (subject) {
+			int slen = strlen(subject);
+			memcpy(buf + offset, subject, slen);
+			offset += slen;
+		}
 		memset(buf + offset, ' ', indent);
 		memcpy(buf + offset + indent, line, linelen);
 		offset += linelen + indent;
+		buf[offset++] = '\n';
 		if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
 			break;
+		if (after_subject) {
+			int slen = strlen(after_subject);
+			if (slen > space - offset - 1)
+				slen = space - offset - 1;
+			memcpy(buf + offset, after_subject, slen);
+			offset += slen;
+			after_subject = NULL;
+		}
+		subject = NULL;
 	}
 	while (offset && isspace(buf[offset-1]))
 		offset--;
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index de142afe73..c9de1677e9 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ enum cmit_fmt {
 	CMIT_FMT_FULL,
 	CMIT_FMT_FULLER,
 	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE,
+	CMIT_FMT_EMAIL,
 
 	CMIT_FMT_UNSPECIFIED,
 };
 
 extern enum cmit_fmt get_commit_format(const char *arg);
-extern unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *, unsigned long len, char *buf, unsigned long space, int abbrev);
+extern unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *, unsigned long len, char *buf, unsigned long space, int abbrev, const char *subject, const char *after_subject);
 
 /** Removes the first commit from a list sorted by date, and adds all
  * of its parents.
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 034d7228bf..365dc3b14e 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -42,18 +42,24 @@ static const char *weekday_names[] = {
  * thing, which means that tz -0100 is passed in as the integer -100,
  * even though it means "sixty minutes off"
  */
-const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz)
+static struct tm *time_to_tm(unsigned long time, int tz)
 {
-	struct tm *tm;
 	time_t t;
-	static char timebuf[200];
 	int minutes;
 
 	minutes = tz < 0 ? -tz : tz;
 	minutes = (minutes / 100)*60 + (minutes % 100);
 	minutes = tz < 0 ? -minutes : minutes;
 	t = time + minutes * 60;
-	tm = gmtime(&t);
+	return gmtime(&t);
+}
+
+const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz)
+{
+	struct tm *tm;
+	static char timebuf[200];
+
+	tm = time_to_tm(time, tz);
 	if (!tm)
 		return NULL;
 	sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %d %+05d",
@@ -65,6 +71,21 @@ const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz)
 	return timebuf;
 }
 
+const char *show_rfc2822_date(unsigned long time, int tz)
+{
+	struct tm *tm;
+	static char timebuf[200];
+
+	tm = time_to_tm(time, tz);
+	if (!tm)
+		return NULL;
+	sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s, %d %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %+05d",
+		weekday_names[tm->tm_wday], tm->tm_mday,
+		month_names[tm->tm_mon], tm->tm_year + 1900,
+		tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec, tz);
+	return timebuf;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check these. And note how it doesn't do the summer-time conversion.
  *
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 77c09a87b0..9e9cfc8b75 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static void diffstat_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len)
 
 static const char pluses[] = "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++";
 static const char minuses[]= "----------------------------------------------------------------------";
+const char mime_boundary_leader[] = "------------";
 
 static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t* data)
 {
@@ -1991,7 +1992,10 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
 		if (options->summary)
 			for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++)
 				diff_summary(q->queue[i]);
-		putchar(options->line_termination);
+		if (options->stat_sep)
+			fputs(options->stat_sep, stdout);
+		else
+			putchar(options->line_termination);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index c672277df2..4fc597c594 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct diff_options {
 	int rename_limit;
 	int setup;
 	int abbrev;
+	const char *stat_sep;
 
 	int nr_paths;
 	const char **paths;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ struct diff_options {
 	add_remove_fn_t add_remove;
 };
 
+extern const char mime_boundary_leader[];
+
 extern void diff_tree_setup_paths(const char **paths, struct diff_options *);
 extern void diff_tree_release_paths(struct diff_options *);
 extern int diff_tree(struct tree_desc *t1, struct tree_desc *t2,
diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8a16eadfbd..0000000000
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,344 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
-#
-
-USAGE='[-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--signoff] [--check] [--diff-options] [--attach] <his> [<mine>]'
-LONG_USAGE='Prepare each commit with its patch since <mine> head forked from
-<his> head, one file per patch formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox
-format, for e-mail submission or use with git-am.
-
-Each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
-first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety)
-as the filename.
-
-When -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>; otherwise
-they are created in the current working directory.  This option
-is ignored if --stdout is specified.
-
-When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first
-line is formatted as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only
-one patch.
-
-When --attach is specified, patches are attached, not inlined.'
-
-. git-sh-setup
-
-# Force diff to run in C locale.
-LANG=C LC_ALL=C
-export LANG LC_ALL
-
-diff_opts=
-LF='
-'
-
-outdir=./
-while case "$#" in 0) break;; esac
-do
-    case "$1" in
-    -c|--c|--ch|--che|--chec|--check)
-    check=t ;;
-    -a|--a|--au|--aut|--auth|--autho|--author|\
-    -d|--d|--da|--dat|--date|\
-    -m|--m|--mb|--mbo|--mbox) # now noop
-    ;;
-    --at|--att|--atta|--attac|--attach)
-    attach=t ;;
-    -k|--k|--ke|--kee|--keep|--keep-|--keep-s|--keep-su|--keep-sub|\
-    --keep-subj|--keep-subje|--keep-subjec|--keep-subject)
-    keep_subject=t ;;
-    -n|--n|--nu|--num|--numb|--numbe|--number|--numbere|--numbered)
-    numbered=t ;;
-    -s|--s|--si|--sig|--sign|--signo|--signof|--signoff)
-    signoff=t ;;
-    --st|--std|--stdo|--stdou|--stdout)
-    stdout=t ;;
-    -o=*|--o=*|--ou=*|--out=*|--outp=*|--outpu=*|--output=*|--output-=*|\
-    --output-d=*|--output-di=*|--output-dir=*|--output-dire=*|\
-    --output-direc=*|--output-direct=*|--output-directo=*|\
-    --output-director=*|--output-directory=*)
-    outdir=`expr "$1" : '-[^=]*=\(.*\)'` ;;
-    -o|--o|--ou|--out|--outp|--outpu|--output|--output-|--output-d|\
-    --output-di|--output-dir|--output-dire|--output-direc|--output-direct|\
-    --output-directo|--output-director|--output-directory)
-    case "$#" in 1) usage ;; esac; shift
-    outdir="$1" ;;
-    -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
-        usage
-	;;
-    -*' '* | -*"$LF"* | -*'	'*)
-	# Ignore diff option that has whitespace for now.
-	;;
-    -*)	diff_opts="$diff_opts$1 " ;;
-    *) break ;;
-    esac
-    shift
-done
-
-case "$keep_subject$numbered" in
-tt)
-	die '--keep-subject and --numbered are incompatible.' ;;
-esac
-
-tmp=.tmp-series$$
-trap 'rm -f $tmp-*' 0 1 2 3 15
-
-series=$tmp-series
-commsg=$tmp-commsg
-filelist=$tmp-files
-
-# Backward compatible argument parsing hack.
-#
-# Historically, we supported:
-# 1. "rev1"		is equivalent to "rev1..HEAD"
-# 2. "rev1..rev2"
-# 3. "rev1" "rev2	is equivalent to "rev1..rev2"
-#
-# We want to take a sequence of "rev1..rev2" in general.
-# Also, "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"; git-diff users are
-# familiar with that syntax.
-
-case "$#,$1$2" in
-1,?*..?*)
-	# single "rev1..rev2"
-	;;
-1,?*..)
-	# single "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"
-	set x "$1"HEAD
-	shift
-	;;
-1,*)
-	# single rev1
-	set x "$1..HEAD"
-	shift
-	;;
-2,?*..?*)
-	# not traditional "rev1" "rev2"
-	;;
-2,*)
-	set x "$1..$2"
-	shift
-	;;
-esac
-
-# Now we have what we want in $@
-for revpair
-do
-	case "$revpair" in
-	?*..?*)
-		rev1=`expr "z$revpair" : 'z\(.*\)\.\.'`
-		rev2=`expr "z$revpair" : 'z.*\.\.\(.*\)'`
-		;;
-	*)
-		rev1="$revpair^"
-		rev2="$revpair"
-		;;
-	esac
-	git-rev-parse --verify "$rev1^0" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
-		die "Not a valid rev $rev1 ($revpair)"
-	git-rev-parse --verify "$rev2^0" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
-		die "Not a valid rev $rev2 ($revpair)"
-	git-cherry -v "$rev1" "$rev2" |
-	while read sign rev comment
-	do
-		case "$sign" in
-		'-')
-			echo >&2 "Merged already: $comment"
-			;;
-		*)
-			echo $rev
-			;;
-		esac
-	done
-done >$series
-
-me=`git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT | sed -e 's/>.*/>/'`
-headers=`git-repo-config --get format.headers`
-case "$attach" in
-"") ;;
-*)
-	mimemagic="050802040500080604070107"
-esac
-
-case "$outdir" in
-*/) ;;
-*) outdir="$outdir/" ;;
-esac
-test -d "$outdir" || mkdir -p "$outdir" || exit
-
-titleScript='
-	/./d
-	/^$/n
-	s/^\[PATCH[^]]*\] *//
-	s/[^-a-z.A-Z_0-9]/-/g
-        s/\.\.\.*/\./g
-	s/\.*$//
-	s/--*/-/g
-	s/^-//
-	s/-$//
-	s/$/./
-	p
-	q
-'
-
-process_one () {
-	perl -w -e '
-my ($keep_subject, $num, $signoff, $headers, $mimemagic, $commsg) = @ARGV;
-my ($signoff_pattern, $done_header, $done_subject, $done_separator, $signoff_seen,
-    $last_was_signoff);
-
-if ($signoff) {
-	$signoff = "Signed-off-by: " . `git-var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT`;
-	$signoff =~ s/>.*/>/;
-	$signoff_pattern = quotemeta($signoff);
-}
-
-my @weekday_names = qw(Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat);
-my @month_names = qw(Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec);
-
-sub show_date {
-    my ($time, $tz) = @_;
-    my $minutes = abs($tz);
-    $minutes = int($minutes / 100) * 60 + ($minutes % 100);
-    if ($tz < 0) {
-        $minutes = -$minutes;
-    }
-    my $t = $time + $minutes * 60;
-    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday) = gmtime($t);
-    return sprintf("%s, %d %s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %+05d",
-		   $weekday_names[$wday], $mday,
-		   $month_names[$mon], $year+1900,
-		   $hour, $min, $sec, $tz);
-}
-
-print "From nobody Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n";
-open FH, "git stripspace <$commsg |" or die "open $commsg pipe";
-while (<FH>) {
-    unless ($done_header) {
-	if (/^$/) {
-	    $done_header = 1;
-	}
-	elsif (/^author (.*>) (.*)$/) {
-	    my ($author_ident, $author_date) = ($1, $2);
-	    my ($utc, $off) = ($author_date =~ /^(\d+) ([-+]?\d+)$/);
-	    $author_date = show_date($utc, $off);
-
-	    print "From: $author_ident\n";
-	    print "Date: $author_date\n";
-	}
-	next;
-    }
-    unless ($done_subject) {
-	unless ($keep_subject) {
-	    s/^\[PATCH[^]]*\]\s*//;
-	    s/^/[PATCH$num] /;
-	}
-	if ($headers) {
-	    print "$headers\n";
-	}
-        print "Subject: $_";
-	if ($mimemagic) {
-	    print "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
-	    print "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n";
-	    print " boundary=\"------------$mimemagic\"\n";
-	    print "\n";
-	    print "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n";
-	    print "--------------$mimemagic\n";
-	    print "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed\n";
-	    print "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
-	}
-	$done_subject = 1;
-	next;
-    }
-    unless ($done_separator) {
-        print "\n";
-        $done_separator = 1;
-        next if (/^$/);
-    }
-
-    $last_was_signoff = 0;
-    if (/Signed-off-by:/i) {
-        if ($signoff ne "" && /Signed-off-by:\s*$signoff_pattern$/i) {
-	    $signoff_seen = 1;
-	}
-    }
-    print $_;
-}
-if (!$signoff_seen && $signoff ne "") {
-    if (!$last_was_signoff) {
-        print "\n";
-    }
-    print "$signoff\n";
-}
-print "\n---\n\n";
-close FH or die "close $commsg pipe";
-' "$keep_subject" "$num" "$signoff" "$headers" "$mimemagic" $commsg
-
-	git-diff-tree -p --stat --summary $diff_opts "$commit"
-	echo
-	case "$mimemagic" in
-	'');;
-	*)
-		echo "--------------$mimemagic"
-		echo "Content-Type: text/x-patch;"
-		echo " name=\"$commit.diff\""
-		echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit"
-		echo "Content-Disposition: inline;"
-		echo " filename=\"$commit.diff\""
-		echo
-	esac
-	git-diff-tree -p $diff_opts "$commit"
-	case "$mimemagic" in
-	'')
-		echo "-- "
-		echo "@@GIT_VERSION@@"
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo
-		echo "--------------$mimemagic--"
-		echo
-		;;
-	esac
-	echo
-}
-
-total=`wc -l <$series | tr -dc "[0-9]"`
-case "$total,$numbered" in
-1,*)
-	numfmt='' ;;
-*,t)
-	numfmt=`echo "$total" | wc -c`
-	numfmt=$(($numfmt-1))
-	numfmt=" %0${numfmt}d/$total"
-esac
-
-i=1
-while read commit
-do
-    git-cat-file commit "$commit" | git-stripspace >$commsg
-    title=`sed -ne "$titleScript" <$commsg`
-    case "$numbered" in
-    '') num= ;;
-    *)
-        num=`printf "$numfmt" $i` ;;
-    esac
-
-    file=`printf '%04d-%stxt' $i "$title"`
-    if test '' = "$stdout"
-    then
-	    echo "$file"
-	    process_one >"$outdir$file"
-	    if test t = "$check"
-	    then
-		# This is slightly modified from Andrew Morton's Perfect Patch.
-		# Lines you introduce should not have trailing whitespace.
-		# Also check for an indentation that has SP before a TAB.
-		grep -n '^+\([ 	]* 	.*\|.*[ 	]\)$' "$outdir$file"
-		:
-	    fi
-    else
-	    echo >&2 "$file"
-	    process_one
-    fi
-    i=`expr "$i" + 1`
-done <$series
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 6ff6088d18..e6b57b8ab9 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,6 @@ then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-git-format-patch -k --stdout --full-index "$upstream" ORIG_HEAD |
+git-format-patch -k --stdout --full-index "$upstream"..ORIG_HEAD |
 git am --binary -3 -k --resolvemsg="$RESOLVEMSG"
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 9ce458e69a..5a884bb07a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 		{ "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged },
 		{ "show", cmd_show },
 		{ "push", cmd_push },
+		{ "format-patch", cmd_format_patch },
 		{ "count-objects", cmd_count_objects },
 		{ "diff", cmd_diff },
 		{ "grep", cmd_grep },
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index b90ba6762a..58b016378c 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, struct log_info *log, const char *sep)
 	int abbrev_commit = opt->abbrev_commit ? opt->abbrev : 40;
 	const char *extra;
 	int len;
+	char *subject = NULL, *after_subject = NULL;
 
 	opt->loginfo = NULL;
 	if (!opt->verbose_header) {
@@ -49,19 +50,67 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, struct log_info *log, const char *sep)
 	/*
 	 * Print header line of header..
 	 */
-	printf("%s%s",
-		opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE ? "" : "commit ",
-		diff_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, abbrev_commit));
-	if (opt->parents)
-		show_parents(commit, abbrev_commit);
-	if (parent)
-		printf(" (from %s)", diff_unique_abbrev(parent->object.sha1, abbrev_commit));
-	putchar(opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE ? ' ' : '\n');
+
+	if (opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) {
+		char *sha1 = sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1);
+		if (opt->total > 0) {
+			static char buffer[64];
+			snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
+					"Subject: [PATCH %d/%d] ",
+					opt->nr, opt->total);
+			subject = buffer;
+		} else if (opt->total == 0)
+			subject = "Subject: [PATCH] ";
+		else
+			subject = "Subject: ";
+
+		printf("From %s Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n", sha1);
+		if (opt->mime_boundary) {
+			static char subject_buffer[1024];
+			static char buffer[1024];
+			snprintf(subject_buffer, sizeof(subject_buffer) - 1,
+				 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+				 "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n"
+				 " boundary=\"%s%s\"\n"
+				 "\n"
+				 "This is a multi-part message in MIME "
+				 "format.\n"
+				 "--%s%s\n"
+				 "Content-Type: text/plain; "
+				 "charset=UTF-8; format=fixed\n"
+				 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n\n",
+				 mime_boundary_leader, opt->mime_boundary,
+				 mime_boundary_leader, opt->mime_boundary);
+			after_subject = subject_buffer;
+
+			snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1,
+				 "--%s%s\n"
+				 "Content-Type: text/x-patch;\n"
+				 " name=\"%s.diff\"\n"
+				 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+				 "Content-Disposition: inline;\n"
+				 " filename=\"%s.diff\"\n\n",
+				 mime_boundary_leader, opt->mime_boundary,
+				 sha1, sha1);
+			opt->diffopt.stat_sep = buffer;
+		}
+	} else {
+		printf("%s%s",
+		       opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE ? "" : "commit ",
+		       diff_unique_abbrev(commit->object.sha1, abbrev_commit));
+		if (opt->parents)
+			show_parents(commit, abbrev_commit);
+		if (parent)
+			printf(" (from %s)",
+			       diff_unique_abbrev(parent->object.sha1,
+						  abbrev_commit));
+		putchar(opt->commit_format == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE ? ' ' : '\n');
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * And then the pretty-printed message itself
 	 */
-	len = pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, ~0u, this_header, sizeof(this_header), abbrev);
+	len = pretty_print_commit(opt->commit_format, commit, ~0u, this_header, sizeof(this_header), abbrev, subject, after_subject);
 	printf("%s%s%s", this_header, extra, sep);
 }
 
@@ -166,15 +215,18 @@ static int log_tree_diff(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit, struct log
 int log_tree_commit(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct log_info log;
+	int shown;
 
 	log.commit = commit;
 	log.parent = NULL;
 	opt->loginfo = &log;
 
-	if (!log_tree_diff(opt, commit, &log) && opt->loginfo && opt->always_show_header) {
+	shown = log_tree_diff(opt, commit, &log);
+	if (!shown && opt->loginfo && opt->always_show_header) {
 		log.parent = NULL;
 		show_log(opt, opt->loginfo, "");
+		shown = 1;
 	}
 	opt->loginfo = NULL;
-	return 0;
+	return shown;
 }
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 48d7b4ca94..bdbdd235d8 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ struct rev_info {
 	unsigned int	abbrev;
 	enum cmit_fmt	commit_format;
 	struct log_info *loginfo;
+	int		nr, total;
+	const char	*mime_boundary;
 
 	/* special limits */
 	int max_count;