Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> So I feel like the right answer here is probably this:
>
> diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
> index d1c05145a4..5fcaa3d0f8 100644
> --- a/wt-status.c
> +++ b/wt-status.c
> @@ -2340,7 +2340,16 @@ int has_uncommitted_changes(int ignore_submodules)
> if (ignore_submodules)
> rev_info.diffopt.flags.ignore_submodules = 1;
> rev_info.diffopt.flags.quick = 1;
> +
> add_head_to_pending(&rev_info);
> + if (!rev_info.pending.nr) {
> + /*
> + * We have no head (or it's corrupt), but the index is not
> + * unborn; declare it as uncommitted changes.
> + */
> + return 1;
> + }
> +
> diff_setup_done(&rev_info.diffopt);
> result = run_diff_index(&rev_info, 1);
> return diff_result_code(&rev_info.diffopt, result);
>
> That does quietly paper over the corruption, but it does the
> conservative thing, and a follow-up "git status" would yield "bad
> object: HEAD".
Sounds quite sensible.
