Teach git-add and git-commit to handle filenames starting with '-'.

diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index d12a2a93b1408e7be6e9947737b4b09c5f0927fe..3465041bc4c9b2512623ee6c06317ecb7689e528 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dropsave() {
 savestate() {
        # Stash away any local modifications.
        git-diff-index -r -z --name-only $head |
-       cpio -0 -o >"$GIR_DIR/MERGE_SAVE"
+       cpio -0 -o >"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_SAVE"
 }
 
 restorestate() {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ echo "$head" >"$GIT_DIR/ORIG_HEAD"
 
 case "$#,$common" in
 *,'')
-       die "Unable to find common commit between $head_arg and $*"
+       # No common ancestors found. We need a real merge.
        ;;
 1,"$1")
        # If head can reach all the merge then we are up to date.