+/**
+ * Parses argv into [<repo> [<refspecs>...]], returning their values in `repo`
+ * as a string and `refspecs` as a null-terminated array of strings. If `repo`
+ * is not provided in argv, it is set to NULL.
+ */
+static void parse_repo_refspecs(int argc, const char **argv, const char **repo,
+ const char ***refspecs)
+{
+ if (argc > 0) {
+ *repo = *argv++;
+ argc--;
+ } else
+ *repo = NULL;
+ *refspecs = argv;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs git-fetch, returning its exit status. `repo` and `refspecs` are the
+ * repository and refspecs to fetch, or NULL if they are not provided.
+ */
+static int run_fetch(const char *repo, const char **refspecs)
+{
+ struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+ int ret;
+
+ argv_array_pushl(&args, "fetch", "--update-head-ok", NULL);
+ if (repo) {
+ argv_array_push(&args, repo);
+ argv_array_pushv(&args, refspecs);
+ } else if (*refspecs)
+ die("BUG: refspecs without repo?");
+ ret = run_command_v_opt(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+ argv_array_clear(&args);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs git-merge, returning its exit status.
+ */
+static int run_merge(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+
+ argv_array_pushl(&args, "merge", NULL);
+ argv_array_push(&args, "FETCH_HEAD");
+ ret = run_command_v_opt(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+ argv_array_clear(&args);
+ return ret;
+}
+