diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index b34177d20f1cbbaefd232f070e1f72c677f4eafe..c292a77a81d137a3ee73111162c9aa515c975d70 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
if (active_cache_changed &&
(write_cache(index_fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
- close(index_fd) || commit_locked_index(lock)))
+ commit_locked_index(lock)))
die ("unable to write %s", get_index_file());
return clean ? 0: 1;