Update draft Release Notes for 1.5.3

diff --git a/git-merge-resolve.sh b/git-merge-resolve.sh
index e3b04a0e959676e513a7b7e902ea51927d76e2be..bb19da2cc15715df9c96ddea18c6d449ce49b6e4 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge-resolve.sh
+++ b/git-merge-resolve.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
 #
-# Resolve two trees, using enhancd multi-base read-tree.
+# Resolve two trees, using enhanced multi-base read-tree.
 
 # The first parameters up to -- are merge bases; the rest are heads.
 bases= head= remotes= sep_seen=
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ case "$remotes" in
        exit 2 ;;
 esac
 
-git-update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
-git-read-tree -u -m $bases $head $remotes || exit 2
+# Give up if this is a baseless merge.
+if test '' = "$bases"
+then
+       exit 2
+fi
+
+git update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
+git read-tree -u -m --aggressive $bases $head $remotes || exit 2
 echo "Trying simple merge."
-if result_tree=$(git-write-tree  2>/dev/null)
+if result_tree=$(git write-tree  2>/dev/null)
 then
        exit 0
 else