1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index b294c1f88..90200ed64 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -883,10 +883,19 @@ static void add_parent(struct strbuf *sb, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct object *obj = parse_object(sha1);
 	const char *parent = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
+	const char *cp;
+
 	if (!obj)
 		die("Unable to find commit parent %s", parent);
 	if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
 		die("Parent %s isn't a proper commit", parent);
+
+	for (cp = sb->buf; cp && (cp = strstr(cp, "\nparent ")); cp += 8) {
+		if (!memcmp(cp + 8, parent, 40) && cp[48] == '\n') {
+			error("duplicate parent %s ignored", parent);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	strbuf_addf(sb, "parent %s\n", parent);
 }