[PATCH] send-email: Avoid incorrect header propagation

If multiple independent patches are sent with send-email, even if the
"In-Reply-To" and "References" headers are not managed by --thread or
--in-reply-to, their values may be propagated from prior patches to
subsequent patches with no such headers defined.

To mitigate this and potential future issues, make sure all global
patch-specific variables are always either handled by
command-specific code (e.g. threading), or are reset to their default
values for every iteration.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Marvin Häuser <redacted>
---
  git-send-email.perl   | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------
  t/t9001-send-email.sh | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 25be2ebd2a..e411860b18 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl

@@ -1625,7 +1625,6 @@ sub send_message {
  
  $in_reply_to = $initial_in_reply_to;
  $references = $initial_in_reply_to || '';
-$subject = $initial_subject;
  $message_num = 0;
  
  # Prepares the email, prompts the user, sends it out

@@ -1648,6 +1647,7 @@ sub process_file {
  	@xh = ();
  	my $input_format = undef;
  	my @header = ();
+	$subject = $initial_subject;
  	$message = "";
  	$message_num++;
  	# First unfold multiline header fields

@@ -1854,15 +1854,23 @@ sub process_file {
  	}
  
  	# set up for the next message
-	if ($thread && $message_was_sent &&
-		($chain_reply_to || !defined $in_reply_to || length($in_reply_to) == 0 ||
-		$message_num == 1)) {
-		$in_reply_to = $message_id;
-		if (length $references > 0) {
-			$references .= "\n $message_id";
-		} else {
-			$references = "$message_id";
+	if ($thread) {
+		if ($message_was_sent &&
+		  ($chain_reply_to || !defined $in_reply_to || length($in_reply_to) == 0 ||
+		  $message_num == 1)) {
+			$in_reply_to = $message_id;
+			if (length $references > 0) {
+				$references .= "\n $message_id";
+			} else {
+				$references = "$message_id";
+			}
  		}
+	} elsif (!defined $initial_in_reply_to) {
+		# --thread and --in-reply-to manage the "In-Reply-To" header and by
+		# extension the "References" header. If these commands are not used, reset
+		# the header values to their defaults.
+		$in_reply_to = undef;
+		$references = '';
  	}
  	$message_id = undef;
  	$num_sent++;

diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 3b7540050c..f95177af39 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh

@@ -2167,6 +2167,51 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ 'leading and trailing whitespaces are removed' '
  	test_cmp expected-list actual-list
  '
  
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'set up in-reply-to/references patches' '
+	cat >has-reply.patch <<-\EOF &&
+	From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
+	Subject: patch with in-reply-to
+	Message-ID: <patch.with.in.reply.to@example.com>
+	In-Reply-To: <replied.to@example.com>
+	References: <replied.to@example.com>
+
+	This is the body.
+	EOF
+	cat >no-reply.patch <<-\EOF
+	From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
+	Subject: patch without in-reply-to
+	Message-ID: <patch.without.in.reply.to@example.com>
+
+	This is the body.
+	EOF
+'
+
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'patch reply headers correct with --no-thread' '
+	clean_fake_sendmail &&
+	git send-email \
+		--no-thread \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+		has-reply.patch no-reply.patch &&
+	grep "In-Reply-To: <replied.to@example.com>" msgtxt1 &&
+	grep "References: <replied.to@example.com>" msgtxt1 &&
+	! grep replied.to@example.com msgtxt2
+'
+
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'cmdline in-reply-to used with --no-thread' '
+	clean_fake_sendmail &&
+	git send-email \
+		--no-thread \
+		--in-reply-to="<cmdline.reply@example.com>" \
+		--to=nobody@example.com \
+		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+		has-reply.patch no-reply.patch &&
+	grep "In-Reply-To: <cmdline.reply@example.com>" msgtxt1 &&
+	grep "References: <cmdline.reply@example.com>" msgtxt1 &&
+	grep "In-Reply-To: <cmdline.reply@example.com>" msgtxt2 &&
+	grep "References: <cmdline.reply@example.com>" msgtxt2
+'
+
  test_expect_success $PREREQ 'invoke hook' '
  	mkdir -p .git/hooks &&