clone: write detached HEAD in bare repositories

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 98ed54a5f5722aba1146cbf627e3b95cc8c14f30..4b0ca6550c130dc8efbf248c56503018b8bcb604 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int option_commit = 1, allow_fast_forward = 1;
 static int fast_forward_only, option_edit;
 static int allow_trivial = 1, have_message;
 static int overwrite_ignore = 1;
-static struct strbuf merge_msg;
+static struct strbuf merge_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 static struct commit_list *remoteheads;
 static struct strategy **use_strategies;
 static size_t use_strategies_nr, use_strategies_alloc;
@@ -910,7 +910,8 @@ static int merge_trivial(struct commit *head)
        parent->next->item = remoteheads->item;
        parent->next->next = NULL;
        prepare_to_commit();
-       commit_tree(merge_msg.buf, result_tree, parent, result_commit, NULL);
+       if (commit_tree(&merge_msg, result_tree, parent, result_commit, NULL))
+               die(_("failed to write commit object"));
        finish(head, result_commit, "In-index merge");
        drop_save();
        return 0;
@@ -941,7 +942,8 @@ static int finish_automerge(struct commit *head,
        strbuf_addch(&merge_msg, '\n');
        prepare_to_commit();
        free_commit_list(remoteheads);
-       commit_tree(merge_msg.buf, result_tree, parents, result_commit, NULL);
+       if (commit_tree(&merge_msg, result_tree, parents, result_commit, NULL))
+               die(_("failed to write commit object"));
        strbuf_addf(&buf, "Merge made by the '%s' strategy.", wt_strategy);
        finish(head, result_commit, buf.buf);
        strbuf_release(&buf);
@@ -1100,6 +1102,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        struct commit_list *common = NULL;
        const char *best_strategy = NULL, *wt_strategy = NULL;
        struct commit_list **remotes = &remoteheads;
+       void *branch_to_free;
 
        if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
                usage_with_options(builtin_merge_usage, builtin_merge_options);
@@ -1108,12 +1111,9 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
         * Check if we are _not_ on a detached HEAD, i.e. if there is a
         * current branch.
         */
-       branch = resolve_ref("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, &flag);
-       if (branch) {
-               if (!prefixcmp(branch, "refs/heads/"))
-                       branch += 11;
-               branch = xstrdup(branch);
-       }
+       branch = branch_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, &flag);
+       if (branch && !prefixcmp(branch, "refs/heads/"))
+               branch += 11;
        if (!branch || is_null_sha1(head_sha1))
                head_commit = NULL;
        else
@@ -1524,6 +1524,6 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                ret = suggest_conflicts(option_renormalize);
 
 done:
-       free((char *)branch);
+       free(branch_to_free);
        return ret;
 }