merge-tree: fail with a non-zero exit code on missing tree objects

When `git merge-tree` encounters a missing tree object, it should error out and not continue quietly as if nothing had happened. However, as of time of writing, `git merge-tree` _does_ continue, and then offers the empty tree as result. Let's fix this. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Johannes Schindelin committed Feb 23, 2024 at 08:34 UTC d4bf19308b81653cfb0d7b54489010dc1e0113b0
2 files changed +15 -3
merge-ort.c
+4 -3
@@ -1659,9 +1659,10 @@ static int collect_merge_info(struct merge_options *opt,
1659 info.data = opt;
1660 info.show_all_errors = 1;
1661
1662 - parse_tree(merge_base);
1663 - parse_tree(side1);
1664 - parse_tree(side2);
1662 + if (parse_tree(merge_base) < 0 ||
1663 + parse_tree(side1) < 0 ||
1664 + parse_tree(side2) < 0)
1665 + return -1;
1666 init_tree_desc(t + 0, merge_base->buffer, merge_base->size);
1667 init_tree_desc(t + 1, side1->buffer, side1->size);
1668 init_tree_desc(t + 2, side2->buffer, side2->size);
t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
+11
@@ -951,4 +951,15 @@ test_expect_success '--merge-base with tree OIDs' '
951 test_cmp with-commits with-trees
952 '
953
954 +test_expect_success 'error out on missing tree objects' '
955 + git init --bare missing-tree.git &&
956 + git rev-list side3 >list &&
957 + git rev-parse side3^: >>list &&
958 + git pack-objects missing-tree.git/objects/pack/side3-tree-is-missing <list &&
959 + side3=$(git rev-parse side3) &&
960 + test_must_fail git --git-dir=missing-tree.git merge-tree $side3^ $side3 >actual 2>err &&
961 + test_grep "Could not read $(git rev-parse $side3:)" err &&
962 + test_must_be_empty actual
963 +'
964 +
965 test_done