simple euristic for further free packing improvements

diff --git a/git-merge-one-file.sh b/git-merge-one-file.sh
index 5349a1c0fc54eb0b7feaf6192d20b6c6b2ab5e3b..5619409f1c7ee9c694c2de59aff195f971502226 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge-one-file.sh
+++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
        fi
        if test -f "$4"; then
                rm -f -- "$4" &&
-               rmdir -p "$(expr "$4" : '\(.*\)/')" 2>/dev/null || :
+               rmdir -p "$(expr "z$4" : 'z\(.*\)/')" 2>/dev/null || :
        fi &&
                exec git-update-index --remove -- "$4"
        ;;