pos = cache_name_pos(path, strlen(path));
if (pos >= 0)
; /* path is in the index */
- else if (!strcmp(active_cache[-1 - pos]->name, path))
+ else if (-1 - pos < active_nr &&
+ !strcmp(active_cache[-1 - pos]->name, path))
; /* path is in the index, unmerged */
else
die("no such path '%s' in HEAD", path);