SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index dff043dac33ea88a8c5a05ea5ac3da71ca00c0d3..bebbe5b3081ebe2602abaf0dc9508a1342f01086 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "lockfile.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "refs.h"
@@ -656,19 +657,18 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
                              struct commit_list *remoteheads,
                              struct commit *head, const char *head_arg)
 {
-       struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
+       static struct lock_file lock;
 
-       hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
+       hold_locked_index(&lock, 1);
        refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
        if (active_cache_changed &&
-           write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
+           write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
                return error(_("Unable to write index."));
-       rollback_lock_file(lock);
+       rollback_lock_file(&lock);
 
        if (!strcmp(strategy, "recursive") || !strcmp(strategy, "subtree")) {
                int clean, x;
                struct commit *result;
-               struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
                struct commit_list *reversed = NULL;
                struct merge_options o;
                struct commit_list *j;
@@ -696,13 +696,13 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
                for (j = common; j; j = j->next)
                        commit_list_insert(j->item, &reversed);
 
-               hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
+               hold_locked_index(&lock, 1);
                clean = merge_recursive(&o, head,
                                remoteheads->item, reversed, &result);
                if (active_cache_changed &&
-                   write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
+                   write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
                        die (_("unable to write %s"), get_index_file());
-               rollback_lock_file(lock);
+               rollback_lock_file(&lock);
                return clean ? 0 : 1;
        } else {
                return try_merge_command(strategy, xopts_nr, xopts,
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
         * Check if we are _not_ on a detached HEAD, i.e. if there is a
         * current branch.
         */
-       branch = branch_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", head_sha1, 0, &flag);
+       branch = branch_to_free = resolve_refdup("HEAD", 0, head_sha1, &flag);
        if (branch && starts_with(branch, "refs/heads/"))
                branch += 11;
        if (!branch || is_null_sha1(head_sha1))