sha1-name.c: remove implicit dependency on the_index

diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index ad49806ebf92208e25a69ac9bff3f0e0a3b96570..f65c1722993b62e93feb85e506dffbc77b7ce921 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -445,11 +445,6 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (read_cache() < 0)
-               die(_("index file corrupt"));
-
-       die_in_unpopulated_submodule(&the_index, prefix);
-
        /*
         * Check the "pathspec '%s' did not match any files" block
         * below before enabling new magic.
@@ -459,6 +454,10 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                       PATHSPEC_SYMLINK_LEADING_PATH,
                       prefix, argv);
 
+       if (read_cache_preload(&pathspec) < 0)
+               die(_("index file corrupt"));
+
+       die_in_unpopulated_submodule(&the_index, prefix);
        die_path_inside_submodule(&the_index, &pathspec);
 
        if (add_new_files) {