Merge branch 'sb/submodule-doc-intro'

diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 1c9c30db6cbf229a2f836113c04bb980340ce7eb..44d85bea4b678b761d737f0983ed8e7757478cc8 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ static char *unique_path(struct merge_options *o, const char *path, const char *
 {
        struct strbuf newpath = STRBUF_INIT;
        int suffix = 0;
-       struct stat st;
        size_t base_len;
 
        strbuf_addf(&newpath, "%s~", path);
@@ -620,7 +619,7 @@ static char *unique_path(struct merge_options *o, const char *path, const char *
        base_len = newpath.len;
        while (string_list_has_string(&o->current_file_set, newpath.buf) ||
               string_list_has_string(&o->current_directory_set, newpath.buf) ||
-              lstat(newpath.buf, &st) == 0) {
+              file_exists(newpath.buf)) {
                strbuf_setlen(&newpath, base_len);
                strbuf_addf(&newpath, "_%d", suffix++);
        }