Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests.

diff --git a/builtin-rm.c b/builtin-rm.c
index e06640cf8d3418cbbe177b8fdcdccd19e0f3379f..b7126e3e25d4f52ae8c4a120d524a24c11129785 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-rm.c
+++ b/builtin-rm.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ static int check_local_mod(unsigned char *head, int index_only)
                     || hashcmp(ce->sha1, sha1))
                        staged_changes = 1;
 
-               if (local_changes && staged_changes)
+               if (local_changes && staged_changes &&
+                   !(index_only && is_empty_blob_sha1(ce->sha1)))
                        errs = error("'%s' has staged content different "
                                     "from both the file and the HEAD\n"
                                     "(use -f to force removal)", name);