1 files changed, 43 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index 2bf501e9e6..2255ce437b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -282,33 +282,32 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
         return lines
 
     @staticmethod
-    def prepareCommit(patchfile):
-        """
-        Prepare a git commit command line based on the header from a patch file
-        (typically this is useful for patches that cannot be applied with "git am" due to formatting)
-        """
-        import tempfile
+    def decodeAuthor(line):
+        from email.header import decode_header
+        authorval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().replace('"', '')
+        return decode_header(authorval)[0][0]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def interpretPatchHeader(headerlines):
         import re
         author_re = re.compile('[\S ]+ <\S+@\S+\.\S+>')
-        # Process patch header and extract useful information
-        lines = GitApplyTree.extractPatchHeader(patchfile)
         outlines = []
         author = None
         date = None
-        for line in lines:
+        subject = None
+        for line in headerlines:
             if line.startswith('Subject: '):
                 subject = line.split(':', 1)[1]
                 # Remove any [PATCH][oe-core] etc.
                 subject = re.sub(r'\[.+?\]\s*', '', subject)
-                outlines.insert(0, '%s\n\n' % subject.strip())
                 continue
-            if line.startswith('From: ') or line.startswith('Author: '):
-                authorval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().replace('"', '')
+            elif line.startswith('From: ') or line.startswith('Author: '):
+                authorval = GitApplyTree.decodeAuthor(line)
                 # git is fussy about author formatting i.e. it must be Name <email@domain>
                 if author_re.match(authorval):
                     author = authorval
                     continue
-            if line.startswith('Date: '):
+            elif line.startswith('Date: '):
                 if date is None:
                     dateval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
                     # Very crude check for date format, since git will blow up if it's not in the right
@@ -316,12 +315,41 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
                     if len(dateval) > 12:
                         date = dateval
                 continue
-            if line.startswith('Signed-off-by: '):
-                authorval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().replace('"', '')
+            elif not author and line.lower().startswith('signed-off-by: '):
+                authorval = GitApplyTree.decodeAuthor(line)
                 # git is fussy about author formatting i.e. it must be Name <email@domain>
                 if author_re.match(authorval):
                     author = authorval
             outlines.append(line)
+        return outlines, author, date, subject
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def prepareCommit(patchfile):
+        """
+        Prepare a git commit command line based on the header from a patch file
+        (typically this is useful for patches that cannot be applied with "git am" due to formatting)
+        """
+        import tempfile
+        # Process patch header and extract useful information
+        lines = GitApplyTree.extractPatchHeader(patchfile)
+        outlines, author, date, subject = GitApplyTree.interpretPatchHeader(lines)
+        if not author or not subject:
+            try:
+                shellcmd = ["git", "log", "--format=email", "--diff-filter=A", "--", patchfile]
+                out = runcmd(["sh", "-c", " ".join(shellcmd)], os.path.dirname(patchfile))
+            except CmdError:
+                out = None
+            if out:
+                _, newauthor, newdate, newsubject = GitApplyTree.interpretPatchHeader(out.splitlines())
+                if not author or not date:
+                    # These really need to go together
+                    author = newauthor
+                    date = newdate
+                if not subject:
+                    subject = newsubject
+        if subject:
+            outlines.insert(0, '%s\n\n' % subject.strip())
+
         # Write out commit message to a file
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('w', delete=False) as tf:
             tmpfile = tf.name