return -1;
}
-static int fast_forward_to(const unsigned char *to, const unsigned char *from)
+static int fast_forward_to(const unsigned char *to, const unsigned char *from,
+ int unborn)
{
struct ref_lock *ref_lock;
read_cache();
if (checkout_fast_forward(from, to, 1))
exit(1); /* the callee should have complained already */
- ref_lock = lock_any_ref_for_update("HEAD", from, 0);
+ ref_lock = lock_any_ref_for_update("HEAD", unborn ? null_sha1 : from, 0);
return write_ref_sha1(ref_lock, to, "cherry-pick");
}
struct commit_message msg = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
char *defmsg = NULL;
struct strbuf msgbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
- int res;
+ int res, unborn = 0;
if (opts->no_commit) {
/*
if (write_cache_as_tree(head, 0, NULL))
die (_("Your index file is unmerged."));
} else {
- if (get_sha1("HEAD", head))
- return error(_("You do not have a valid HEAD"));
- if (index_differs_from("HEAD", 0))
+ unborn = get_sha1("HEAD", head);
+ if (unborn)
+ hashcpy(head, EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
+ if (index_differs_from(unborn ? EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_HEX : "HEAD", 0))
return error_dirty_index(opts);
}
discard_cache();
else
parent = commit->parents->item;
- if (opts->allow_ff && parent && !hashcmp(parent->object.sha1, head))
- return fast_forward_to(commit->object.sha1, head);
+ if (opts->allow_ff &&
+ ((parent && !hashcmp(parent->object.sha1, head)) ||
+ (!parent && unborn)))
+ return fast_forward_to(commit->object.sha1, head, unborn);
if (parent && parse_commit(parent) < 0)
/* TRANSLATORS: The first %s will be "revert" or