Merge branch 'sn/doc-update-index-assume-unchanged' into maint-1.7.3

[git.git] / builtin / revert.c

diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 4b47ace36b51566acb5b748f679070f02cbbf568..bb6e9e83b756b47dae449064ca7762fe3558fc0e 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(void)
        else
                parent = commit->parents->item;
 
-       if (allow_ff && !hashcmp(parent->object.sha1, head))
+       if (allow_ff && parent && !hashcmp(parent->object.sha1, head))
                return fast_forward_to(commit->object.sha1, head);
 
        if (parent && parse_commit(parent) < 0)
@@ -547,6 +547,21 @@ static void prepare_revs(struct rev_info *revs)
                die("empty commit set passed");
 }
 
+static void read_and_refresh_cache(const char *me)
+{
+       static struct lock_file index_lock;
+       int index_fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0);
+       if (read_index_preload(&the_index, NULL) < 0)
+               die("git %s: failed to read the index", me);
+       refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+       if (the_index.cache_changed) {
+               if (write_index(&the_index, index_fd) ||
+                   commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
+                       die("git %s: failed to refresh the index", me);
+       }
+       rollback_lock_file(&index_lock);
+}
+
 static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        struct rev_info revs;
@@ -567,8 +582,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
                        die("cherry-pick --ff cannot be used with --edit");
        }
 
-       if (read_cache() < 0)
-               die("git %s: failed to read the index", me);
+       read_and_refresh_cache(me);
 
        prepare_revs(&revs);