Merge branch 'maint' into bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix

* maint: (41 commits)
  Clarify commit error message for unmerged files
  Use strchrnul() instead of strchr() plus manual workaround
  Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementation
  Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path
  git-submodule: Fix "Unable to checkout" for the initial 'update'
  Clarify how the user can satisfy stash's 'dirty state' check.
  Remove empty directories in recursive merge
  Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
  Update release notes for 1.6.0.3
  checkout: Do not show local changes when in quiet mode
  for-each-ref: Fix --format=%(subject) for log message without newlines
  git-stash.sh: don't default to refs/stash if invalid ref supplied
  maint: check return of split_cmdline to avoid bad config strings
  builtin-prune.c: prune temporary packs in <object_dir>/pack directory
  Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs
  Use dashless git commands in setgitperms.perl
  git-remote: do not use user input in a printf format string
  make "git remote" report multiple URLs
  Start draft release notes for 1.6.0.3
  git-repack uses --no-repack-object, not --no-repack-delta.
  ...

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	RelNotes

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-merge-recursive.c b/builtin-merge-recursive.c
index dfb363ee2f..36aa798459 100644
--- a/builtin-merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin-merge-recursive.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "ll-merge.h"
 #include "interpolate.h"
 #include "attr.h"
+#include "dir.h"
 #include "merge-recursive.h"
 
 static int subtree_merge;
@@ -416,24 +417,6 @@ static int update_stages(const char *path, struct diff_filespec *o,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int remove_path(const char *name)
-{
-	int ret;
-	char *slash, *dirs;
-
-	ret = unlink(name);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	dirs = xstrdup(name);
-	while ((slash = strrchr(name, '/'))) {
-		*slash = '\0';
-		if (rmdir(name) != 0)
-			break;
-	}
-	free(dirs);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int remove_file(int clean, const char *path, int no_wd)
 {
 	int update_cache = index_only || clean;
@@ -444,10 +427,8 @@ static int remove_file(int clean, const char *path, int no_wd)
 			return -1;
 	}
 	if (update_working_directory) {
-		unlink(path);
-		if (errno != ENOENT || errno != EISDIR)
+		if (remove_path(path))
 			return -1;
-		remove_path(path);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }