Merge branch 'mm/conflict-advice'

* mm/conflict-advice:
  Be more user-friendly when refusing to do something because of conflict.

Conflicts:
	Documentation/config.txt
	advice.c
	advice.h

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index 42f11c30ca..fedcda09d0 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -258,6 +258,16 @@ static void create_base_index(void)
 		exit(128); /* We've already reported the error, finish dying */
 }
 
+static void refresh_cache_or_die(int refresh_flags)
+{
+	/*
+	 * refresh_flags contains REFRESH_QUIET, so the only errors
+	 * are for unmerged entries.
+	 */
+	if (refresh_cache(refresh_flags | REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN))
+		die_resolve_conflict("commit");
+}
+
 static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int is_status)
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -297,7 +307,7 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int
 	if (all || (also && pathspec && *pathspec)) {
 		int fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
 		add_files_to_cache(also ? prefix : NULL, pathspec, 0);
-		refresh_cache(refresh_flags);
+		refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
 		if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
 		    close_lock_file(&index_lock))
 			die("unable to write new_index file");
@@ -316,7 +326,7 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int
 	 */
 	if (!pathspec || !*pathspec) {
 		fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
-		refresh_cache(refresh_flags);
+		refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
 		if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
 		    commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
 			die("unable to write new_index file");