Update the tutorial a bit

diff --git a/git-merge-one-file-script b/git-merge-one-file-script
index 62cbb2a9dc14212b9fb4cb3c42d582406e0b6081..9802f67032bde6bbd9edacb89f3a4acdf876deb9 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge-one-file-script
+++ b/git-merge-one-file-script
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# This is the git merge script, called with
+# Copyright (c) Linus Torvalds, 2005
+#
+# This is the git per-file merge script, called with
 #
 #   $1 - original file SHA1 (or empty)
 #   $2 - file in branch1 SHA1 (or empty)
@@ -12,32 +14,30 @@
 #
 # Handle some trivial cases.. The _really_ trivial cases have
 # been handled already by git-read-tree, but that one doesn't
-# do any merges that migth change the tree layout.
+# do any merges that might change the tree layout.
 
 case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
 #
-# Deleted in both.
-#
-"$1..")
-       echo "WARNING: $4 is removed in both branches."
-       echo "WARNING: This is a potential rename conflict."
-       exec git-update-cache --remove -- "$4" ;;
-#
-# Deleted in one and unchanged in the other.
+# Deleted in both or deleted in one and unchanged in the other
 #
 "$1.." | "$1.$1" | "$1$1.")
        echo "Removing $4"
-       rm -f -- "$4"
-       exec git-update-cache --remove -- "$4" ;;
+       if test -f "$4"
+       then
+               rm -f -- "$4"
+       fi &&
+       exec git-update-cache --remove -- "$4"
+       ;;
+
 #
 # Added in one.
 #
 ".$2." | "..$3" )
-       case "$6$7" in *7??) mode=+x;; *) mode=-x;; esac
-       echo "Adding $4 with perm $mode."
-       git-cat-file blob "$2$3" > "$4"
-       chmod $mode -- "$4"
-       exec git-update-cache --add -- "$4" ;;
+       echo "Adding $4"
+       git-update-cache --add --cacheinfo "$6$7" "$2$3" "$4" &&
+               exec git-checkout-cache -u -f -- "$4"
+       ;;
+
 #
 # Added in both (check for same permissions).
 #
@@ -47,35 +47,41 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
                echo "ERROR: but permissions conflict $6->$7."
                exit 1
        fi
-       case "$6" in *7??) mode=+x;; *) mode=-x;; esac
-       echo "Adding $4 with perm $mode"
-       git-cat-file blob "$2" > "$4"
-       chmod $mode -- "$4"
-       exec git-update-cache --add -- "$4" ;;
+       echo "Adding $4"
+       git-update-cache --add --cacheinfo "$6" "$2" "$4" &&
+               exec git-checkout-cache -u -f -- "$4"
+       ;;
+
 #
 # Modified in both, but differently.
 #
 "$1$2$3")
        echo "Auto-merging $4."
        orig=`git-unpack-file $1`
-       src1=`git-unpack-file $2`
        src2=`git-unpack-file $3`
-       merge -p "$src1" "$orig" "$src2" > "$4"
+
+       # We reset the index to the first branch, making
+       # git-diff-file useful
+       git-update-cache --add --cacheinfo "$6" "$2" "$4" 
+               git-checkout-cache -u -f -- "$4" &&
+               merge "$4" "$orig" "$src2"
        ret=$?
-       rm -f -- "$orig" "$src1" "$src2"
+       rm -f -- "$orig" "$src2"
+
        if [ "$6" != "$7" ]; then
-               echo "ERROR: Permissions $5->$6->$7 don't match."
+               echo "ERROR: Permissions conflict: $5->$6,$7."
                ret=1
        fi
+
        if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
-               # Reset the index to the first branch, making
-               # git-diff-file useful
-               git-update-cache --add --cacheinfo "$6" "$2" "$4"
                echo "ERROR: Merge conflict in $4."
                exit 1
        fi
-       exec git-update-cache --add -- "$4" ;;
+       exec git-update-cache -- "$4"
+       ;;
+
 *)
-       echo "ERROR: Not handling case $4: $1 -> $2 -> $3" ;;
+       echo "ERROR: $4: Not handling case $1 -> $2 -> $3"
+       ;;
 esac
 exit 1