Instead of having it as one of the three if/elseif/.. case arms, test the condition and handle this special case upfront. This makes it easier to follow the flow of logic. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/merge.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c index 8477878..878f82a 100644 --- a/builtin/merge.c +++ b/builtin/merge.c @@ -1178,23 +1178,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) usage_with_options(builtin_merge_usage, builtin_merge_options); - /* - * This could be traditional "merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..." and - * the way we can tell it is to see if the second token is HEAD, - * but some people might have misused the interface and used a - * commit-ish that is the same as HEAD there instead. - * Traditional format never would have "-m" so it is an - * additional safety measure to check for it. - */ - - if (!have_message && head_commit && - is_old_style_invocation(argc, argv, head_commit->object.sha1)) { - strbuf_addstr(&merge_msg, argv[0]); - head_arg = argv[1]; - argv += 2; - argc -= 2; - remoteheads = collect_parents(head_commit, &head_subsumed, argc, argv); - } else if (!head_commit) { + if (!head_commit) { struct commit *remote_head; /* * If the merged head is a valid one there is no reason @@ -1217,6 +1201,23 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->object.sha1, NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR); goto done; + } + + /* + * This could be traditional "merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..." and + * the way we can tell it is to see if the second token is HEAD, + * but some people might have misused the interface and used a + * commit-ish that is the same as HEAD there instead. + * Traditional format never would have "-m" so it is an + * additional safety measure to check for it. + */ + if (!have_message && + is_old_style_invocation(argc, argv, head_commit->object.sha1)) { + strbuf_addstr(&merge_msg, argv[0]); + head_arg = argv[1]; + argv += 2; + argc -= 2; + remoteheads = collect_parents(head_commit, &head_subsumed, argc, argv); } else { struct strbuf merge_names = STRBUF_INIT; -- 2.4.0-rc3-300-g052d062 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html