From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> The `merge_submodule()` function returns an integer that indicates whether the merge was clean (returning 1) or unclean (returning 0). Like the version in `merge-ort.c`, the version in `merge-recursive.c` does not report any errors (such as repository corruption) by returning -1 as of time of writing, even if the callers in `merge-ort.c` are prepared for exactly such errors. However, we want to teach (both variants of) the `merge_submodule()` function that trick: to report errors by returning -1. Therefore, prepare the caller in `merge-recursive.c` to handle that scenario. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- merge-recursive.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c index 32e9d6665de..f3132a9ecae 100644 --- a/merge-recursive.c +++ b/merge-recursive.c @@ -1426,13 +1426,14 @@ static int merge_mode_and_contents(struct merge_options *opt, /* FIXME: bug, what if modes didn't match? */ result->clean = (merge_status == 0); } else if (S_ISGITLINK(a->mode)) { - result->clean = merge_submodule(opt, &result->blob.oid, - o->path, - &o->oid, - &a->oid, - &b->oid); - if (result->clean < 0) + int clean = merge_submodule(opt, &result->blob.oid, + o->path, + &o->oid, + &a->oid, + &b->oid); + if (clean < 0) return -1; + result->clean = clean; } else if (S_ISLNK(a->mode)) { switch (opt->recursive_variant) { case MERGE_VARIANT_NORMAL: -- gitgitgadget