mergetool: don't require a work tree for --tool-help

diff --git a/tree-diff.c b/tree-diff.c
index 456660c7a29ef75030141721205f34134daea51c..11c3550177dbaab30596be2fc3c1633f2a0485f8 100644 (file)
--- a/tree-diff.c
+++ b/tree-diff.c
@@ -294,14 +294,10 @@ int diff_tree_sha1(const unsigned char *old, const unsigned char *new, const cha
        unsigned long size1, size2;
        int retval;
 
-       tree1 = read_object_with_reference(old, tree_type, &size1, NULL);
-       if (!tree1)
-               die("unable to read source tree (%s)", sha1_to_hex(old));
-       tree2 = read_object_with_reference(new, tree_type, &size2, NULL);
-       if (!tree2)
-               die("unable to read destination tree (%s)", sha1_to_hex(new));
-       init_tree_desc(&t1, tree1, size1);
-       init_tree_desc(&t2, tree2, size2);
+       tree1 = fill_tree_descriptor(&t1, old);
+       tree2 = fill_tree_descriptor(&t2, new);
+       size1 = t1.size;
+       size2 = t2.size;
        retval = diff_tree(&t1, &t2, base, opt);
        if (!*base && DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, FOLLOW_RENAMES) && diff_might_be_rename()) {
                init_tree_desc(&t1, tree1, size1);
@@ -315,18 +311,5 @@ int diff_tree_sha1(const unsigned char *old, const unsigned char *new, const cha
 
 int diff_root_tree_sha1(const unsigned char *new, const char *base, struct diff_options *opt)
 {
-       int retval;
-       void *tree;
-       unsigned long size;
-       struct tree_desc empty, real;
-
-       tree = read_object_with_reference(new, tree_type, &size, NULL);
-       if (!tree)
-               die("unable to read root tree (%s)", sha1_to_hex(new));
-       init_tree_desc(&real, tree, size);
-
-       init_tree_desc(&empty, "", 0);
-       retval = diff_tree(&empty, &real, base, opt);
-       free(tree);
-       return retval;
+       return diff_tree_sha1(NULL, new, base, opt);
 }