+/*
+ * When directly falling back to add/add three-way merge, we read from
+ * the current contents of the new_name. In no cases other than that
+ * this function will be called.
+ */
+static int load_current(struct image *image, struct patch *patch)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ int status, pos;
+ size_t len;
+ char *img;
+ struct stat st;
+ struct cache_entry *ce;
+ char *name = patch->new_name;
+ unsigned mode = patch->new_mode;
+
+ if (!patch->is_new)
+ die("BUG: patch to %s is not a creation", patch->old_name);
+
+ pos = cache_name_pos(name, strlen(name));
+ if (pos < 0)
+ return error(_("%s: does not exist in index"), name);
+ ce = active_cache[pos];
+ if (lstat(name, &st)) {
+ if (errno != ENOENT)
+ return error(_("%s: %s"), name, strerror(errno));
+ if (checkout_target(ce, &st))
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (verify_index_match(ce, &st))
+ return error(_("%s: does not match index"), name);
+
+ status = load_patch_target(&buf, ce, &st, name, mode);
+ if (status < 0)
+ return status;
+ else if (status)
+ return -1;
+ img = strbuf_detach(&buf, &len);
+ prepare_image(image, img, len, !patch->is_binary);
+ return 0;
+}
+