Merge branch 'jk/branch-shortening-funny-symrefs' into maint

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 101ffeff4c942636e0ca688357a4b8ec8aa2a431..bf2f2614fbb5ba82df3dca5cad8f79dbe605feff 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1257,12 +1257,12 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        builtin_merge_options);
 
        if (!head_commit) {
-               struct commit *remote_head;
                /*
                 * If the merged head is a valid one there is no reason
                 * to forbid "git merge" into a branch yet to be born.
                 * We do the same for "git pull".
                 */
+               unsigned char *remote_head_sha1;
                if (squash)
                        die(_("Squash commit into empty head not supported yet"));
                if (fast_forward == FF_NO)
@@ -1270,13 +1270,13 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                            "an empty head"));
                remoteheads = collect_parents(head_commit, &head_subsumed,
                                              argc, argv, NULL);
-               remote_head = remoteheads->item;
-               if (!remote_head)
+               if (!remoteheads)
                        die(_("%s - not something we can merge"), argv[0]);
                if (remoteheads->next)
                        die(_("Can merge only exactly one commit into empty head"));
-               read_empty(remote_head->object.oid.hash, 0);
-               update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->object.oid.hash,
+               remote_head_sha1 = remoteheads->item->object.oid.hash;
+               read_empty(remote_head_sha1, 0);
+               update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head_sha1,
                           NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR);
                goto done;
        }