1 files changed, 22 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 2dba3b9901..c24a7be020 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -234,6 +234,24 @@ static void save_state(void)
 		die("not a valid object: %s", buffer.buf);
 }
 
+static void read_empty(unsigned const char *sha1, int verbose)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	const char *args[7];
+
+	args[i++] = "read-tree";
+	if (verbose)
+		args[i++] = "-v";
+	args[i++] = "-m";
+	args[i++] = "-u";
+	args[i++] = EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_HEX;
+	args[i++] = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
+	args[i] = NULL;
+
+	if (run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD))
+		die("read-tree failed");
+}
+
 static void reset_hard(unsigned const char *sha1, int verbose)
 {
 	int i = 0;
@@ -403,7 +421,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
-			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote branch '%s' of .\n",
+			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote-tracking branch '%s' of .\n",
 				    sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
@@ -639,25 +657,9 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
 
 		o.renormalize = option_renormalize;
 
-		/*
-		 * NEEDSWORK: merge with table in builtin/merge-recursive
-		 */
-		for (x = 0; x < xopts_nr; x++) {
-			if (!strcmp(xopts[x], "ours"))
-				o.recursive_variant = MERGE_RECURSIVE_OURS;
-			else if (!strcmp(xopts[x], "theirs"))
-				o.recursive_variant = MERGE_RECURSIVE_THEIRS;
-			else if (!strcmp(xopts[x], "subtree"))
-				o.subtree_shift = "";
-			else if (!prefixcmp(xopts[x], "subtree="))
-				o.subtree_shift = xopts[x]+8;
-			else if (!strcmp(xopts[x], "renormalize"))
-				o.renormalize = 1;
-			else if (!strcmp(xopts[x], "no-renormalize"))
-				o.renormalize = 0;
-			else
+		for (x = 0; x < xopts_nr; x++)
+			if (parse_merge_opt(&o, xopts[x]))
 				die("Unknown option for merge-recursive: -X%s", xopts[x]);
-		}
 
 		o.branch1 = head_arg;
 		o.branch2 = remoteheads->item->util;
@@ -1001,7 +1003,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			die("%s - not something we can merge", argv[0]);
 		update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->sha1, NULL, 0,
 				DIE_ON_ERR);
-		reset_hard(remote_head->sha1, 0);
+		read_empty(remote_head->sha1, 0);
 		return 0;
 	} else {
 		struct strbuf merge_names = STRBUF_INIT;