[PATCH] Add option to set initial In-Reply-To/References

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] [--thread]
 	           [-s | --signoff] [--diff-options] [--start-number <n>]
+		   [--in-reply-to=Message-Id]
 		   <since>[..<until>]
 
 DESCRIPTION

@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	subsequent mails appear as replies to the first.  Also generates
 	the Message-Id header to reference.
 
+--in-reply-to=Message-Id::
+	Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
+	reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
+	provide a new patch series.
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each

@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 	int keep_subject = 0;
 	int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
 	int thread = 0;
+	char *in_reply_to = NULL;
 	struct diff_options patch_id_opts;
 	char *add_signoff = NULL;
 	char message_id[1024];

@@ -314,6 +315,14 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 			ignore_if_in_upstream = 1;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--thread"))
 			thread = 1;
+		else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "--in-reply-to=", 14))
+			in_reply_to = argv[i] + 14;
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--in-reply-to")) {
+			i++;
+			if (i == argc)
+				die("Need a Message-Id for --in-reply-to");
+			in_reply_to = argv[i];
+		}
 		else
 			argv[j++] = argv[i];
 	}

@@ -371,6 +380,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 	if (numbered)
 		rev.total = total + start_number - 1;
 	rev.add_signoff = add_signoff;
+	rev.ref_message_id = in_reply_to;
 	while (0 <= --nr) {
 		int shown;
 		commit = list[nr];