* give up or do a real merge, depending on
* whether the merge flag was used.
*/
- struct tree *result;
struct tree *work;
struct tree *old_tree;
struct merge_options o;
struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf old_commit_shortname = STRBUF_INIT;
if (!opts->merge)
return 1;
*/
init_merge_options(&o, the_repository);
o.verbosity = 0;
- work = write_tree_from_memory(&o);
+ work = write_in_core_index_as_tree(the_repository);
ret = reset_tree(new_tree,
opts, 1,
if (ret)
return ret;
o.ancestor = old_branch_info->name;
+ if (old_branch_info->name == NULL) {
+ strbuf_add_unique_abbrev(&old_commit_shortname,
+ &old_branch_info->commit->object.oid,
+ DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+ o.ancestor = old_commit_shortname.buf;
+ }
o.branch1 = new_branch_info->name;
o.branch2 = "local";
ret = merge_trees(&o,
new_tree,
work,
- old_tree,
- &result);
+ old_tree);
if (ret < 0)
exit(128);
ret = reset_tree(new_tree,
opts, 0,
writeout_error);
strbuf_release(&o.obuf);
+ strbuf_release(&old_commit_shortname);
if (ret)
return ret;
}