builtin/merge.c: fix a bug with trivial merges

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index fc02698587c61d230200272ce4704403e1a6741f..28fd676acbbf4985422d74c9f1987dd0a5765039 100644 (file)
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ static void read_config(void)
 {
        static int loaded;
        struct object_id oid;
-       const char *head_ref;
        int flag;
 
        if (loaded)
@@ -463,10 +462,12 @@ static void read_config(void)
        loaded = 1;
 
        current_branch = NULL;
-       head_ref = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, oid.hash, &flag);
-       if (head_ref && (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
-           skip_prefix(head_ref, "refs/heads/", &head_ref)) {
-               current_branch = make_branch(head_ref, 0);
+       if (startup_info->have_repository) {
+               const char *head_ref = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, oid.hash, &flag);
+               if (head_ref && (flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
+                   skip_prefix(head_ref, "refs/heads/", &head_ref)) {
+                       current_branch = make_branch(head_ref, 0);
+               }
        }
        git_config(handle_config, NULL);
        alias_all_urls();