cp .git/HEAD .git/ORIG_HEAD
echo "Getting object database"
-rsync -avz --ignore-existing $merge_repo/objects/. .git/objects/.
+rsync -avz --ignore-existing $merge_repo/objects/. ${SHA1_FILE_DIRECTORY:-.git/objects}/.
echo "Getting remote head"
rsync -L $merge_repo/HEAD .git/MERGE_HEAD || exit 1