This script hard-codes the object ID of the empty tree. To avoid any problems when changing hashes, compute this value by calling git hash-object. --- git-merge-one-file.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-merge-one-file.sh b/git-merge-one-file.sh index 9879c59395..f6d9852d2f 100755 --- a/git-merge-one-file.sh +++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in case "$1" in '') echo "Added $4 in both, but differently." - orig=$(git unpack-file e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391) + orig=$(git unpack-file $(git hash-object /dev/null)) ;; *) echo "Auto-merging $4"