send-email: validate & reconfirm interactive responses

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 2870a6af6fbc868455f2961483cfbfdb065a1a14..7d92e2064b97828ebd5209d97b1d49807149f212 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int show_diffstat = 1, shortlog_len, squash;
 static int option_commit = 1, allow_fast_forward = 1;
 static int fast_forward_only, option_edit;
 static int allow_trivial = 1, have_message;
-static struct strbuf merge_msg;
+static struct strbuf merge_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 static struct commit_list *remoteheads;
 static struct strategy **use_strategies;
 static size_t use_strategies_nr, use_strategies_alloc;
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *head, const unsigned char *remote
        memset(&t, 0, sizeof(t));
        memset(&dir, 0, sizeof(dir));
        dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
-       dir.exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
+       setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
        opts.dir = &dir;
 
        opts.head_idx = 1;