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From:   Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date:   Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:37:00 -0400
Subject: [Proposal] git am --check
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This flag would behave similarly to git apply --check, or in other words
would exit with a nonzero status if the patch is not applicable without
actually applying the patch otherwise.

Rationale: I'm working on an email client which has some git
integration, and when you scroll over a patch I want to quickly test its
applicability and show an indication of the result.

Thoughts on the approach are welcome; my initial naive patch just tried
to add --check to the apply flags but that didn't work as I had hoped.
Will take another crack at a patch soon(ish).