[PATCH] builtin-mailinfo.c: Trim only first pair of square brackets in subject

@@ -219,35 +219,42 @@ static int is_multipart_boundary(const struct strbuf *line)
 
 static void cleanup_subject(struct strbuf *subject)
 {
-	char *pos;
-	size_t remove;
-	while (subject->len) {
-		switch (*subject->buf) {
-		case 'r': case 'R':
-			if (subject->len <= 3)
-				break;
-			if (!memcmp(subject->buf + 1, "e:", 2)) {
-				strbuf_remove(subject, 0, 3);
-				continue;
-			}
-			break;
-		case ' ': case '\t': case ':':
-			strbuf_remove(subject, 0, 1);
-			continue;
-		case '[':
-			if ((pos = strchr(subject->buf, ']'))) {
-				remove = pos - subject->buf;
-				if (remove <= (subject->len - remove) * 2) {
-					strbuf_remove(subject, 0, remove + 1);
-					continue;
-				}
-			} else
-				strbuf_remove(subject, 0, 1);
-			break;
-		}
+	int status;
+	regex_t regex;
+	regmatch_t match[4];
+
+	/* Strip off 'Re:' and/or the first text in square brackets, such as
+	   '[PATCH]' at the start of the mail Subject. */
+	status = regcomp(&regex,
+			 "^([Rr]e:)?([^]]*\\[[^]]+\\])(.*)$",
+			 REG_EXTENDED);
+
+	if (status) {
+		/* Compiling the regex failed.  Find out why and tell
+		   the user.  This is always a bug in the code. */
+		int esize = regerror(status, &regex, NULL, 0);
+		struct strbuf etext = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+		strbuf_grow(&etext, esize);
+		regerror(status, &regex, etext.buf, esize);
+		fprintf (stderr,
+			 "Error compiling regular expression: %s\n",
+			 etext.buf);
+		strbuf_release(&etext);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	/* Store any matches in match. */
+	status = regexec(&regex, subject->buf, 4, match, 0);
+
+	/* If there was a match for \3 in the regex, trim the subject
+	   to this match. */
+	if (!status && match[3].rm_so > 0) {
+		strbuf_remove(subject, 0, match[3].rm_so);
 		strbuf_trim(subject);
-		return;
 	}
+
+	return;
 }
 
 static void cleanup_space(struct strbuf *sb)