#include "cache.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
+#include "color.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "diff.h"
        opts.head_idx = 1;
        opts.index_only = 1;
        opts.merge = 1;
+       opts.src_index = &the_index;
+       opts.dst_index = &the_index;
 
        opts.fn = oneway_merge;
        tree = parse_tree_indirect(head_sha1);
                die("failed to unpack HEAD tree object");
        parse_tree(tree);
        init_tree_desc(&t, tree->buffer, tree->size);
-       unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts);
+       if (unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts))
+               exit(128); /* We've already reported the error, finish dying */
 }
 
 static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        git_config(git_status_config);
 
+       if (wt_status_use_color == -1)
+               wt_status_use_color = git_use_color_default;
+
        argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_status_usage);
 
        index_file = prepare_index(argc, argv, prefix);