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

diff --git a/merge-tree.c b/merge-tree.c
index 02fc10f7e622ba1c53065e7cf4563ff10af0c41f..2d1413efbbc33c51fd4820933dcb54164e12d706 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-tree.c
+++ b/merge-tree.c
@@ -158,9 +158,8 @@ static int same_entry(struct name_entry *a, struct name_entry *b)
 
 static struct merge_list *create_entry(unsigned stage, unsigned mode, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *path)
 {
-       struct merge_list *res = xmalloc(sizeof(*res));
+       struct merge_list *res = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*res));
 
-       memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
        res->stage = stage;
        res->path = path;
        res->mode = mode;