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-rw-r--r--builtin-read-tree.c5
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1001-read-tree-m-2way.sh16
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-read-tree.c b/builtin-read-tree.c
index 82e25eaa0..4fbf5f82a 100644
--- a/builtin-read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin-read-tree.c
@@ -199,14 +199,9 @@ int cmd_read_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
* "-m ent" or "--reset ent" form), we can obtain a fully
* valid cache-tree because the index must match exactly
* what came from the tree.
- *
- * The same holds true if we are switching between two trees
- * using read-tree -m A B. The index must match B after that.
*/
if (nr_trees == 1 && !opts.prefix)
prime_cache_tree(&active_cache_tree, trees[0]);
- else if (nr_trees == 2 && opts.merge)
- prime_cache_tree(&active_cache_tree, trees[1]);
if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
commit_locked_index(&lock_file))
diff --git a/t/t1001-read-tree-m-2way.sh b/t/t1001-read-tree-m-2way.sh
index 271bc4e17..6e3b60110 100755
--- a/t/t1001-read-tree-m-2way.sh
+++ b/t/t1001-read-tree-m-2way.sh
@@ -392,4 +392,20 @@ test_expect_success \
git ls-files --stage | tee >treeMcheck.out &&
test_cmp treeM.out treeMcheck.out'
+test_expect_success '-m references the correct modified tree' '
+ echo >file-a &&
+ echo >file-b &&
+ git add file-a file-b &&
+ git commit -a -m "test for correct modified tree"
+ git branch initial-mod &&
+ echo b >file-b &&
+ git commit -a -m "B" &&
+ echo a >file-a &&
+ git add file-a &&
+ git ls-tree $(git write-tree) file-a >expect &&
+ git read-tree -m HEAD initial-mod &&
+ git ls-tree $(git write-tree) file-a >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done