1 files changed, 17 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index a95dd8b4e6..7d39156ff3 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ static int parse_mail(struct am_state *state, const char *mail)
 	}
 
 	if (is_empty_file(am_path(state, "patch"))) {
-		printf_ln(_("Patch is empty. Was it split wrong?"));
+		printf_ln(_("Patch is empty."));
 		die_user_resolve(state);
 	}
 
@@ -1372,40 +1372,33 @@ static int get_mail_commit_oid(struct object_id *commit_id, const char *mail)
  */
 static void get_commit_info(struct am_state *state, struct commit *commit)
 {
-	const char *buffer, *ident_line, *author_date, *msg;
+	const char *buffer, *ident_line, *msg;
 	size_t ident_len;
-	struct ident_split ident_split;
-	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct ident_split id;
 
 	buffer = logmsg_reencode(commit, NULL, get_commit_output_encoding());
 
 	ident_line = find_commit_header(buffer, "author", &ident_len);
 
-	if (split_ident_line(&ident_split, ident_line, ident_len) < 0) {
-		strbuf_add(&sb, ident_line, ident_len);
-		die(_("invalid ident line: %s"), sb.buf);
-	}
+	if (split_ident_line(&id, ident_line, ident_len) < 0)
+		die(_("invalid ident line: %.*s"), (int)ident_len, ident_line);
 
 	assert(!state->author_name);
-	if (ident_split.name_begin) {
-		strbuf_add(&sb, ident_split.name_begin,
-			ident_split.name_end - ident_split.name_begin);
-		state->author_name = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
-	} else
+	if (id.name_begin)
+		state->author_name =
+			xmemdupz(id.name_begin, id.name_end - id.name_begin);
+	else
 		state->author_name = xstrdup("");
 
 	assert(!state->author_email);
-	if (ident_split.mail_begin) {
-		strbuf_add(&sb, ident_split.mail_begin,
-			ident_split.mail_end - ident_split.mail_begin);
-		state->author_email = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
-	} else
+	if (id.mail_begin)
+		state->author_email =
+			xmemdupz(id.mail_begin, id.mail_end - id.mail_begin);
+	else
 		state->author_email = xstrdup("");
 
-	author_date = show_ident_date(&ident_split, DATE_MODE(NORMAL));
-	strbuf_addstr(&sb, author_date);
 	assert(!state->author_date);
-	state->author_date = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+	state->author_date = xstrdup(show_ident_date(&id, DATE_MODE(NORMAL)));
 
 	assert(!state->msg);
 	msg = strstr(buffer, "\n\n");
@@ -1413,6 +1406,7 @@ static void get_commit_info(struct am_state *state, struct commit *commit)
 		die(_("unable to parse commit %s"), oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
 	state->msg = xstrdup(msg + 2);
 	state->msg_len = strlen(state->msg);
+	unuse_commit_buffer(commit, buffer);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1940,7 +1934,8 @@ static void am_resolve(struct am_state *state)
 
 	if (unmerged_cache()) {
 		printf_ln(_("You still have unmerged paths in your index.\n"
-			"Did you forget to use 'git add'?"));
+			"You should 'git add' each file with resolved conflicts to mark them as such.\n"
+			"You might run `git rm` on a file to accept \"deleted by them\" for it."));
 		die_user_resolve(state);
 	}