rebase: give a better error message for bogus branch

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 037cd47e7016c24815841b69e77394520f4731c6..d0bd651725648c01e2c4250f2533aed2c8174164 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static struct strategy *get_strategy(const char *name)
 
        ret = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct strategy));
        ret->name = xstrdup(name);
+       ret->attr = NO_TRIVIAL;
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -232,6 +233,24 @@ static void save_state(void)
                die("not a valid object: %s", buffer.buf);
 }
 
+static void read_empty(unsigned const char *sha1, int verbose)
+{
+       int i = 0;
+       const char *args[7];
+
+       args[i++] = "read-tree";
+       if (verbose)
+               args[i++] = "-v";
+       args[i++] = "-m";
+       args[i++] = "-u";
+       args[i++] = EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_HEX;
+       args[i++] = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
+       args[i] = NULL;
+
+       if (run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD))
+               die("read-tree failed");
+}
+
 static void reset_hard(unsigned const char *sha1, int verbose)
 {
        int i = 0;
@@ -438,7 +457,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
                strbuf_addstr(&truname, "refs/heads/");
                strbuf_addstr(&truname, remote);
                strbuf_setlen(&truname, truname.len - len);
-               if (resolve_ref(truname.buf, buf_sha, 0, NULL)) {
+               if (resolve_ref(truname.buf, buf_sha, 1, NULL)) {
                        strbuf_addf(msg,
                                    "%s\t\tbranch '%s'%s of .\n",
                                    sha1_to_hex(remote_head->sha1),
@@ -487,7 +506,8 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
                buf = xstrdup(v);
                argc = split_cmdline(buf, &argv);
                if (argc < 0)
-                       die("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string", branch);
+                       die("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s", branch,
+                           split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
                argv = xrealloc(argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 2));
                memmove(argv + 1, argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 1));
                argc++;
@@ -716,7 +736,7 @@ int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *head, const unsigned char *remote
        opts.verbose_update = 1;
        opts.merge = 1;
        opts.fn = twoway_merge;
-       opts.msgs = get_porcelain_error_msgs();
+       setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(&opts, "merge");
 
        trees[nr_trees] = parse_tree_indirect(head);
        if (!trees[nr_trees++])
@@ -991,7 +1011,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        die("%s - not something we can merge", argv[0]);
                update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->sha1, NULL, 0,
                                DIE_ON_ERR);
-               reset_hard(remote_head->sha1, 0);
+               read_empty(remote_head->sha1, 0);
                return 0;
        } else {
                struct strbuf merge_names = STRBUF_INIT;