Make git-pull complain and give advice when there is nothing to merge with

diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 509369e9e7b1719e53ba2dd2d976066fb9513353..a7a4574f2bff2a7db4a1c25aa4a514ad99760381 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -86,9 +86,15 @@ static int process_lstat_error(const char *path, int err)
 
 static int add_one_path(struct cache_entry *old, const char *path, int len, struct stat *st)
 {
-       int option, size = cache_entry_size(len);
-       struct cache_entry *ce = xcalloc(1, size);
+       int option, size;
+       struct cache_entry *ce;
+
+       /* Was the old index entry already up-to-date? */
+       if (old && !ce_stage(old) && !ce_match_stat(old, st, 0))
+               return 0;
 
+       size = cache_entry_size(len);
+       ce = xcalloc(1, size);
        memcpy(ce->name, path, len);
        ce->ce_flags = htons(len);
        fill_stat_cache_info(ce, st);