git wrapper: more careful argument stuffing

diff --git a/git-merge-one-file.sh b/git-merge-one-file.sh
index b08597de29afc6bc1aaddf7b817bc122cd517b04..9a049f426d1ad9ed268877e3bda917ee9cc8f315 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge-one-file.sh
+++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
                echo "Removing $4"
        fi
        if test -f "$4"; then
-               rm -f -- "$4"
+               rm -f -- "$4" &&
+               rmdir -p "$(expr "$4" : '\(.*\)/')" 2>/dev/null || :
        fi &&
                exec git-update-index --remove -- "$4"
        ;;
@@ -78,11 +79,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
                ;;
        esac
 
-       # We reset the index to the first branch, making
-       # git-diff-file useful
-       git-update-index --add --cacheinfo "$6" "$2" "$4"
-               git-checkout-index -u -f -- "$4" &&
-               merge "$4" "$orig" "$src2"
+       merge "$4" "$orig" "$src2"
        ret=$?
        rm -f -- "$orig" "$src2"