eval "$author_script"
msg="$(git cat-file commit $sha1 | \
sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e "s/[\"\\]/\\\\&/g")"
+ # No point in merging the first parent, that's HEAD
+ new_parents=${new_parents# $first_parent}
# NEEDSWORK: give rerere a chance
if ! output git merge $STRATEGY -m "$msg" $new_parents
then