split-index: the reading part

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 7966fb7e02471648cbdcd61e945c07dc7502a490..1a7ef7f7835186cead47fcaf8ee467394bc5f334 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1569,8 +1569,6 @@ int read_index_from(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 
        if (is_null_sha1(split_index->base_sha1))
                return ret;
-       if (istate->cache_nr)
-               die("index in split-index mode must contain no entries");
 
        if (split_index->base)
                discard_index(split_index->base);