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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# shebang for system python explicitly so we're sure to have pyobjc and
+# the scripting bridge.
+"""apply-patchbomb: apply selected messages in Mail.app to an hg repo in pwd.
+
+This uses the scripting bridge to talk to Mail and subprocess to pass the
+patch to Mercurial on stdin.
+"""
+
+
+import ScriptingBridge
+import subprocess
+
+def main():
+    mail = ScriptingBridge.SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier_(
+        'com.apple.Mail')
+    messages = list(sorted(mail.selection(),
+                           cmp=lambda x,y: cmp(x.subject(), y.subject())))
+    for m in messages:
+        print 'Applying', m.subject()
+        p = subprocess.Popen(['hg', 'import', '-'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+        p.stdin.write(m.source())
+        p.stdin.close()
+        if p.wait() != 0:
+            print 'hg import failed, bailing'
+            break
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()