Merge results need to be written to the worktree, of course, but we
don't necessarily need object entries for them, especially if they
contain conflict markers. Use pretend_sha1_file() to create fake
blobs to pass to make_cache_entry() and checkout_entry() instead.
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx>
---
builtin/checkout.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 1624eed7e7..f51c15af9f 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, const struct checkout *state)
/*
* NEEDSWORK:
- * There is absolutely no reason to write this as a blob object
+ * There is absolutely no reason to build a fake blob object
* and create a phony cache entry. This hack is primarily to get
* to the write_entry() machinery that massages the contents to
* work-tree format and writes out which only allows it for a
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ static int checkout_merged(int pos, const struct checkout *state)
* (it also writes the merge result to the object database even
* when it may contain conflicts).
*/
- if (write_sha1_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
- blob_type, oid.hash))
+ if (pretend_sha1_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
+ OBJ_BLOB, oid.hash))
die(_("Unable to add merge result for '%s'"), path);
free(result_buf.ptr);
ce = make_cache_entry(mode, oid.hash, path, 2, 0);
--
2.13.0