+static struct commit_list *collect_parents(struct commit *head_commit,
+ int *head_subsumed,
+ int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct commit_list *remoteheads = NULL;
+ struct commit_list **remotes = &remoteheads;
+
+ if (head_commit)
+ remotes = &commit_list_insert(head_commit, remotes)->next;
+ for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+ struct commit *commit = get_merge_parent(argv[i]);
+ if (!commit)
+ help_unknown_ref(argv[i], "merge",
+ "not something we can merge");
+ remotes = &commit_list_insert(commit, remotes)->next;
+ }
+
+ return reduce_parents(head_commit, head_subsumed, remoteheads);
+}
+