git-quiltimport [--dry-run] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>]

For each patch the code attempts to extract the author from the patch description. If that fails it falls back to the author specified with --author. If the --author flag was not given the patch description is displayed and the user is asked to interactively enter the author of the patch.

If a subject is not found in the patch description the patch name is preserved as the 1 line subject in the git description.

--dry-run

Walk through the patches in the series and warn if we cannot find all of the necessary information to commit a patch. At the time of this writing only missing author information is warned about.

--author Author Name <Author Email>

The author name and email address to use when no author information can be found in the patch description.

--patches <dir>

The directory to find the quilt patches and the quilt series file.

The default for the patch directory is patches
or the value of the $QUILT_PATCHES environment
variable.