merge-recursive: Improve handling of rename target vs. directory addition

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index a5ffd9a31eea0f361774d77867c83f444847279b..c308529a9f1f668f02d63cfddcbac10770faa723 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
                        # No point in merging the first parent, that's HEAD
                        new_parents=${new_parents# $first_parent}
                        if ! do_with_author output \
-                               git merge $STRATEGY -m "$msg" $new_parents
+                               git merge --no-ff $STRATEGY -m "$msg" $new_parents
                        then
                                printf "%s\n" "$msg" > "$GIT_DIR"/MERGE_MSG
                                die_with_patch $sha1 "Error redoing merge $sha1"
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 
                if test ! -z "$1"
                then
-                       output git checkout "$1" ||
+                       output git checkout "$1" -- ||
                                die "Could not checkout $1"
                fi
 
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 #  e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
 #  s, squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
 #  f, fixup = like "squash", but discard this commit's log message
-#  x <cmd>, exec <cmd> = Run a shell command <cmd>, and stop if it fails
+#  x, exec = run command (the rest of the line) using shell
 #
 # If you remove a line here THAT COMMIT WILL BE LOST.
 # However, if you remove everything, the rebase will be aborted.