git diff too slow for a file

diff --git a/builtin-merge-ours.c b/builtin-merge-ours.c
index 8f5bbaf402e020e308e7af9cedb7df1b2ec5a2b7..684411694f64ca216fb03430df2d2a0ec9ea93ff 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-merge-ours.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-ours.c
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 
+static const char builtin_merge_ours_usage[] =
+       "git merge-ours <base>... -- HEAD <remote>...";
+
 static const char *diff_index_args[] = {
        "diff-index", "--quiet", "--cached", "HEAD", "--", NULL
 };
@@ -17,6 +20,9 @@ static const char *diff_index_args[] = {
 
 int cmd_merge_ours(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+       if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
+               usage(builtin_merge_ours_usage);
+
        /*
         * We need to exit with 2 if the index does not match our HEAD tree,
         * because the current index is what we will be committing as the