const char **prune = NULL;
int i, prune_num = 1; /* counting terminating NULL */
- if (get_sha1("HEAD", sha1) || !(head = lookup_commit(sha1)))
+ if (get_sha1("HEAD", sha1))
die("--merge without HEAD?");
- if (get_sha1("MERGE_HEAD", sha1) || !(other = lookup_commit(sha1)))
+ head = lookup_commit_or_die(sha1, "HEAD");
+ if (get_sha1("MERGE_HEAD", sha1))
die("--merge without MERGE_HEAD?");
+ other = lookup_commit_or_die(sha1, "MERGE_HEAD");
add_pending_object(revs, &head->object, "HEAD");
add_pending_object(revs, &other->object, "MERGE_HEAD");
bases = get_merge_bases(head, other, 1);