--- a/hgext/mq.py
+++ b/hgext/mq.py
@@ -1337,13 +1337,20 @@ class queue:
for filename in files:
if existing:
+ if filename == '-':
+ raise util.Abort(_('-e is incompatible with import from -'))
if not patchname:
patchname = filename
if not os.path.isfile(self.join(patchname)):
raise util.Abort(_("patch %s does not exist") % patchname)
else:
try:
- text = file(filename).read()
+ if filename == '-':
+ if not patchname:
+ raise util.Abort(_('need --name to import a patch from -'))
+ text = sys.stdin.read()
+ else:
+ text = file(filename).read()
except IOError:
raise util.Abort(_("unable to read %s") % patchname)
if not patchname: