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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test subject preservation with format-patch | am'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+make_patches() {
+	type=$1
+	subject=$2
+	test_expect_success "create patches with $type subject" '
+		git reset --hard baseline &&
+		echo $type >file &&
+		git commit -a -m "$subject" &&
+		git format-patch -1 --stdout >$type.patch &&
+		git format-patch -1 --stdout -k >$type-k.patch
+	'
+}
+
+check_subject() {
+	git reset --hard baseline &&
+	git am $2 $1.patch &&
+	git log -1 --pretty=format:%B >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup baseline commit' '
+	test_commit baseline file
+'
+
+SHORT_SUBJECT='short subject'
+make_patches short "$SHORT_SUBJECT"
+
+LONG_SUBJECT1='this is a long subject that is virtually guaranteed'
+LONG_SUBJECT2='to require wrapping via format-patch if it is all'
+LONG_SUBJECT3='going to appear on a single line'
+LONG_SUBJECT="$LONG_SUBJECT1 $LONG_SUBJECT2 $LONG_SUBJECT3"
+make_patches long "$LONG_SUBJECT"
+
+MULTILINE_SUBJECT="$LONG_SUBJECT1
+$LONG_SUBJECT2
+$LONG_SUBJECT3"
+make_patches multiline "$MULTILINE_SUBJECT"
+
+echo "$SHORT_SUBJECT" >expect
+test_expect_success 'short subject preserved (format-patch | am)' '
+	check_subject short
+'
+test_expect_success 'short subject preserved (format-patch -k | am)' '
+	check_subject short-k
+'
+test_expect_success 'short subject preserved (format-patch -k | am -k)' '
+	check_subject short-k -k
+'
+
+echo "$LONG_SUBJECT" >expect
+test_expect_success 'long subject preserved (format-patch | am)' '
+	check_subject long
+'
+test_expect_success 'long subject preserved (format-patch -k | am)' '
+	check_subject long-k
+'
+test_expect_failure 'long subject preserved (format-patch -k | am -k)' '
+	check_subject long-k -k
+'
+
+echo "$LONG_SUBJECT" >expect
+test_expect_success 'multiline subject unwrapped (format-patch | am)' '
+	check_subject multiline
+'
+test_expect_success 'multiline subject unwrapped (format-patch -k | am)' '
+	check_subject multiline-k
+'
+echo "$MULTILINE_SUBJECT" >expect
+test_expect_failure 'multiline subject preserved (format-patch -k | am -k)' '
+	check_subject multiline-k -k
+'
+
+test_done