add -p: improve error messages

diff --git a/notes-merge.c b/notes-merge.c
index 4a83b0ebd5ce8b24da0b32820f5666571b099ecf..0f6573cb17cbbbc2219453bdca424fd7ebc156dc 100644 (file)
--- a/notes-merge.c
+++ b/notes-merge.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ int notes_merge(struct notes_merge_options *o,
        bases = get_merge_bases(local, remote);
        if (!bases) {
                base_oid = &null_oid;
-               base_tree_oid = &empty_tree_oid;
+               base_tree_oid = the_hash_algo->empty_tree;
                if (o->verbosity >= 4)
                        printf("No merge base found; doing history-less merge\n");
        } else if (!bases->next) {