+static void create_base_index(void)
+{
+ struct tree *tree;
+ struct unpack_trees_options opts;
+ struct tree_desc t;
+
+ if (initial_commit) {
+ discard_cache();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
+ opts.head_idx = 1;
+ opts.index_only = 1;
+ opts.merge = 1;
+
+ opts.fn = oneway_merge;
+ tree = parse_tree_indirect(head_sha1);
+ if (!tree)
+ die("failed to unpack HEAD tree object");
+ parse_tree(tree);
+ init_tree_desc(&t, tree->buffer, tree->size);
+ unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts);
+}
+