X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=builtin%2Ffmt-merge-msg.c;h=7e2f22589dcb14d5ba95ce1331ef816a458533d0;hb=7a2b128d13d880635e7317a9208cfa42a660f143;hp=75816329d6153c35e0763b35f70cfaf165f2a4b8;hpb=00723b02912cc9dae1ee5601ab4b942fdd42ff52;p=git.git

diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 75816329d..7e2f22589 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;