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In the documentation for git am, it mentions a "Maildir". However, when I search the rest of the Git documentation for what a "Maildir" is I don't find anything. My gut feel is that this is some general, non-git concept that I should already be familiar with (or, at the very least, the Git docs assume as much).

Can someone briefly explain what a "Maildir" is, at least within the context of git am, and optionally provide some more detailed reading material?

void.pointer
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    It's a [directory and file naming scheme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir) for email. – gspr Mar 25 '20 at 21:31

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"git am" can apply patches that were emailed to you. The patches can be generated using format-patch. When you receive patch emails, they can be stored as a single text file mbox or each email stored as a separate file in a directory mdir.

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  • The mdir link is really what I was looking for. Thank you for that. It's a shame because I was hoping mdir could simply be a path to a directory containing a collection of `000*.patch` files (0001.patch, 0002.patch, etc). – void.pointer Mar 26 '20 at 15:38