git-pull: allow pulling into an empty repository

diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index a3c0a455ae5d1b8d7b7b6a8798ed7f038ab7bd72..7f9c638466f79fee7d2914b8ec76d713c3670e7e 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ static int unresolve_one(const char *path)
 
 static void read_head_pointers(void)
 {
-       if (read_ref(git_path("HEAD"), head_sha1))
+       if (read_ref("HEAD", head_sha1))
                die("No HEAD -- no initial commit yet?\n");
-       if (read_ref(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"), merge_head_sha1)) {
+       if (read_ref("MERGE_HEAD", merge_head_sha1)) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Not in the middle of a merge.\n");
                exit(0);
        }
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static int do_reupdate(int ac, const char **av,
        int has_head = 1;
        const char **pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, av + 1);
 
-       if (read_ref(git_path("HEAD"), head_sha1))
+       if (read_ref("HEAD", head_sha1))
                /* If there is no HEAD, that means it is an initial
                 * commit.  Update everything in the index.
                 */