add for_each_reflog_ent() iterator

diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 25deb1e867ec01c65d223733a22edd98f18e241c..4ebfcf65d99f7743048df901b38969c28cc11edb 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ finish () {
        esac
 }
 
+merge_name () {
+       remote="$1"
+       rh=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$remote^0" 2>/dev/null) || return
+       bh=$(git-show-ref -s --verify "refs/heads/$remote" 2>/dev/null)
+       if test "$rh" = "$bh"
+       then
+               echo "$rh               branch '$remote' of ."
+       elif truname=$(expr "$remote" : '\(.*\)~[1-9][0-9]*$') &&
+               git-show-ref -q --verify "refs/heads/$truname" 2>/dev/null
+       then
+               echo "$rh               branch '$truname' (early part) of ."
+       else
+               echo "$rh               commit '$remote'"
+       fi
+}
+
 case "$#" in 0) usage ;; esac
 
 rloga= have_message=
@@ -159,6 +175,24 @@ then
        shift
        head_arg="$1"
        shift
+elif ! git-rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+       # If the merged head is a valid one there is no reason to
+       # forbid "git merge" into a branch yet to be born.  We do
+       # the same for "git pull".
+       if test 1 -ne $#
+       then
+               echo >&2 "Can merge only exactly one commit into empty head"
+               exit 1
+       fi
+
+       rh=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1^0") ||
+               die "$1 - not something we can merge"
+
+       git-update-ref -m "initial pull" HEAD "$rh" "" &&
+       git-read-tree --reset -u HEAD
+       exit
+
 else
        # We are invoked directly as the first-class UI.
        head_arg=HEAD
@@ -170,14 +204,7 @@ else
        # in this loop.
        merge_name=$(for remote
                do
-                       rh=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$remote"^0 2>/dev/null)
-                       if git show-ref -q --verify "refs/heads/$remote"
-                       then
-                               what=branch
-                       else
-                               what=commit
-                       fi
-                       echo "$rh               $what '$remote'"
+                       merge_name "$remote"
                done | git-fmt-merge-msg
        )
        merge_msg="${merge_msg:+$merge_msg$LF$LF}$merge_name"
@@ -191,7 +218,7 @@ test "$rloga" = '' && rloga="merge: $@"
 remoteheads=
 for remote
 do
-       remotehead=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$remote"^0) ||
+       remotehead=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$remote"^0 2>/dev/null) ||
            die "$remote - not something we can merge"
        remoteheads="${remoteheads}$remotehead "
 done
@@ -246,7 +273,7 @@ f,*)
        echo "Updating $(git-rev-parse --short $head)..$(git-rev-parse --short $1)"
        git-update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
        new_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1^0") &&
-       git-read-tree -u -v -m $head "$new_head" &&
+       git-read-tree -v -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $head "$new_head" &&
        finish "$new_head" "Fast forward"
        dropsave
        exit 0
@@ -381,7 +408,14 @@ fi
 case "$best_strategy" in
 '')
        restorestate
-       echo >&2 "No merge strategy handled the merge."
+       case "$use_strategies" in
+       ?*' '?*)
+               echo >&2 "No merge strategy handled the merge."
+               ;;
+       *)
+               echo >&2 "Merge with strategy $use_strategies failed."
+               ;;
+       esac
        exit 2
        ;;
 "$wt_strategy")