Merge branch 'cb/maint-1.6.0-xdl-merge-fix' into maint

* cb/maint-1.6.0-xdl-merge-fix:
  Change xdl_merge to generate output even for null merges
  t6023: merge-file fails to output anything for a degenerate merge

Conflicts:
	xdiff/xmerge.c

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
index f8942bc890..7dcf391914 100755
--- a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ deduxit me super semitas jusitiae,
 EOF
 printf "propter nomen suum." >> new4.txt
 
+test_expect_success 'merge with no changes' '
+	cp orig.txt test.txt &&
+	git merge-file test.txt orig.txt orig.txt &&
+	test_cmp test.txt orig.txt
+'
+
 cp new1.txt test.txt
 test_expect_success "merge without conflict" \
 	"git merge-file test.txt orig.txt new2.txt"
diff --git a/xdiff/xmerge.c b/xdiff/xmerge.c
index d9737f04c2..1cb65a9516 100644
--- a/xdiff/xmerge.c
+++ b/xdiff/xmerge.c
@@ -563,23 +563,22 @@ int xdl_merge(mmfile_t *orig, mmfile_t *mf1, const char *name1,
 		return -1;
 	}
 	status = 0;
-	if (xscr1 || xscr2) {
-		if (!xscr1) {
-			result->ptr = xdl_malloc(mf2->size);
-			memcpy(result->ptr, mf2->ptr, mf2->size);
-			result->size = mf2->size;
-		} else if (!xscr2) {
-			result->ptr = xdl_malloc(mf1->size);
-			memcpy(result->ptr, mf1->ptr, mf1->size);
-			result->size = mf1->size;
-		} else {
-			status = xdl_do_merge(&xe1, xscr1, name1,
-					      &xe2, xscr2, name2,
-					      flags, xpp, result);
-		}
-		xdl_free_script(xscr1);
-		xdl_free_script(xscr2);
+	if (!xscr1) {
+		result->ptr = xdl_malloc(mf2->size);
+		memcpy(result->ptr, mf2->ptr, mf2->size);
+		result->size = mf2->size;
+	} else if (!xscr2) {
+		result->ptr = xdl_malloc(mf1->size);
+		memcpy(result->ptr, mf1->ptr, mf1->size);
+		result->size = mf1->size;
+	} else {
+		status = xdl_do_merge(&xe1, xscr1, name1,
+				      &xe2, xscr2, name2,
+				      flags, xpp, result);
 	}
+	xdl_free_script(xscr1);
+	xdl_free_script(xscr2);
+
 	xdl_free_env(&xe1);
 	xdl_free_env(&xe2);