#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
+static int reset = 0;
 static int merge = 0;
 static int update = 0;
 static int index_only = 0;
                        return;
                errno = 0;
        }
+       if (reset) {
+               ce->ce_flags |= htons(CE_UPDATE);
+               return;
+       }
        if (errno == ENOENT)
                return;
        die("Entry '%s' not uptodate. Cannot merge.", ce->name);
        if (!a)
                return deleted_entry(old, NULL);
        if (old && same(old, a)) {
-               struct stat st;
-               if (lstat(old->name, &st) || ce_match_stat(old, &st, 1))
-                       old->ce_flags |= htons(CE_UPDATE);
+               if (reset) {
+                       struct stat st;
+                       if (lstat(old->name, &st) ||
+                           ce_match_stat(old, &st, 1))
+                               old->ce_flags |= htons(CE_UPDATE);
+               }
                return keep_entry(old);
        }
        return merged_entry(a, NULL);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-       int i, newfd, reset, stage = 0;
+       int i, newfd, stage = 0;
        unsigned char sha1[20];
        merge_fn_t fn = NULL;