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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 75816329d6..7e2f22589d 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int do_fmt_merge_msg(int merge_title, struct strbuf *in,
struct commit *head;
struct rev_info rev;
- head = lookup_commit(head_sha1);
+ head = lookup_commit_or_die(head_sha1, "HEAD");
init_revisions(&rev, NULL);
rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_ONELINE;
rev.ignore_merges = 1;