merge -h: show usage even with corrupt index

Part of a campaign to make sure "git <command> -h" works correctly
when run from distractingly bad repositories.

[jn: with rewritten log message and tests]

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>