clone: write detached HEAD in bare repositories

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 24579409c08f2e24ef3e5f2599a6af1aab8d28cd..4b0ca6550c130dc8efbf248c56503018b8bcb604 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int option_commit = 1, allow_fast_forward = 1;
 static int fast_forward_only, option_edit;
 static int allow_trivial = 1, have_message;
 static int overwrite_ignore = 1;
-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;
@@ -910,7 +910,8 @@ static int merge_trivial(struct commit *head)
        parent->next->item = remoteheads->item;
        parent->next->next = NULL;
        prepare_to_commit();
-       commit_tree(merge_msg.buf, result_tree, parent, result_commit, NULL);
+       if (commit_tree(&merge_msg, result_tree, parent, result_commit, NULL))
+               die(_("failed to write commit object"));
        finish(head, result_commit, "In-index merge");
        drop_save();
        return 0;
@@ -941,7 +942,8 @@ static int finish_automerge(struct commit *head,
        strbuf_addch(&merge_msg, '\n');
        prepare_to_commit();
        free_commit_list(remoteheads);
-       commit_tree(merge_msg.buf, result_tree, parents, result_commit, NULL);
+       if (commit_tree(&merge_msg, result_tree, parents, result_commit, NULL))
+               die(_("failed to write commit object"));
        strbuf_addf(&buf, "Merge made by the '%s' strategy.", wt_strategy);
        finish(head, result_commit, buf.buf);
        strbuf_release(&buf);