Make sure the empty tree exists when needed in merge-recursive.

diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh
index 7442dd2ca54ffc3744b260ee10309d2495afd5fd..eb32476bbdc98cc9a34d4026575e4d1a608289be 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/git-fetch.sh
@@ -432,10 +432,11 @@ case "$no_tags$tags" in
                # using local tracking branch.
                taglist=$(IFS=" " &&
                git-ls-remote $upload_pack --tags "$remote" |
-               sed -ne 's|^\([0-9a-f]*\)[      ]\(refs/tags/.*\)^{}$|\1 \2|p' |
+               sed -n  -e 's|^\('"$_x40"'\)    \(refs/tags/.*\)^{}$|\1 \2|p' \
+                       -e 's|^\('"$_x40"'\)    \(refs/tags/.*\)$|\1 \2|p' |
                while read sha1 name
                do
-                       git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- $name && continue
+                       git-show-ref --verify --quiet -- "$name" && continue
                        git-check-ref-format "$name" || {
                                echo >&2 "warning: tag ${name} ignored"
                                continue