--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+log=../merge.log
+[ -f merge.log ] && log=merge.log
+control=../real_control
+[ -f real_control ] && control=real_control
+
+branch=""
+[ "$1" = "-t" ] && {
+ branch=$2
+ shift 2
+}
+
+[ "$branch" ] || {
+ branch=$(grep '^Merging ' $log | tail -1 | sed 's/^Merging //' | sed 's/ .*$//')
+ branch=${branch%%/*}
+}
+
+contact=$(awk -F ' ' '$3=="'"$branch"'" { print $1; }' $control)
+greeting=${contact%% *}
+greeting=${greeting#\"}
+[ "${contact%,*}" = "${contact}" ] || greeting="all"
+
+subject="${1//BRANCH/$branch}"
+body="${2//BRANCH/$branch}"
+
+sylpheed --compose "mailto:$contact?Cc=linux-next@vger.kernel.org,%20linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org&Subject=linux-next: $subject&Body=Hi $greeting,%0A\
+%0A\
+$body"
+
+exit 0