status: don't suggest "git rm" or "git add" if not appropriate

diff --git a/builtin/merge-file.c b/builtin/merge-file.c
index 9d75ed42c275bf292f88731021c9372ca23a8d10..6f0efef43c5b93c87fa8f586319cd03c8018bd55 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge-file.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-file.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ int cmd_merge_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        xmparam_t xmp = {{0}};
        int ret = 0, i = 0, to_stdout = 0;
        int quiet = 0;
+       int prefixlen = 0;
        struct option options[] = {
                OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "stdout", &to_stdout, "send results to standard output"),
                OPT_SET_INT(0, "diff3", &xmp.style, "use a diff3 based merge", XDL_MERGE_DIFF3),
@@ -62,16 +63,20 @@ int cmd_merge_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        if (quiet) {
                if (!freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr))
                        return error("failed to redirect stderr to /dev/null: "
-                                    "%s\n", strerror(errno));
+                                    "%s", strerror(errno));
        }
 
+       if (prefix)
+               prefixlen = strlen(prefix);
+
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+               const char *fname = prefix_filename(prefix, prefixlen, argv[i]);
                if (!names[i])
                        names[i] = argv[i];
-               if (read_mmfile(mmfs + i, argv[i]))
+               if (read_mmfile(mmfs + i, fname))
                        return -1;
                if (buffer_is_binary(mmfs[i].ptr, mmfs[i].size))
-                       return error("Cannot merge binary files: %s\n",
+                       return error("Cannot merge binary files: %s",
                                        argv[i]);
        }