read-cache: be specific what part of the index has changed

diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 41770929420da4cba934b0b86b9cd2f55f9cab31..442c1ec0f492a5a0bede39687b97021978a5550a 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ int merge_recursive_generic(struct merge_options *o,
                            const unsigned char **base_list,
                            struct commit **result)
 {
-       int clean, index_fd;
+       int clean;
        struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
        struct commit *head_commit = get_ref(head, o->branch1);
        struct commit *next_commit = get_ref(merge, o->branch2);
@@ -2003,12 +2003,11 @@ int merge_recursive_generic(struct merge_options *o,
                }
        }
 
-       index_fd = hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
+       hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
        clean = merge_recursive(o, head_commit, next_commit, ca,
                        result);
        if (active_cache_changed &&
-                       (write_cache(index_fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
-                        commit_locked_index(lock)))
+           write_locked_index(&the_index, lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
                return error(_("Unable to write index."));
 
        return clean ? 0 : 1;