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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/read-tree.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c index 3204c62eaf..e7e1c33a7f 100644 --- a/builtin/read-tree.c +++ b/builtin/read-tree.c @@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix) if (1 < opts.merge + opts.reset + prefix_set) die("Which one? -m, --reset, or --prefix?"); + /* + * NEEDSWORK + * + * The old index should be read anyway even if we're going to + * destroy all index entries because we still need to preserve + * certain information such as index version or split-index + * mode. + */ + if (opts.reset || opts.merge || opts.prefix) { if (read_cache_unmerged() && (opts.prefix || opts.merge)) die("You need to resolve your current index first"); |