Merge branch 'np/types' into jc/fetch

* np/types: (253 commits)
  get rid of lookup_object_type()
  convert object type handling from a string to a number
  formalize typename(), and add its reverse type_from_string()
  sha1_file.c: don't ignore an error condition in sha1_loose_object_info()
  sha1_file.c: cleanup "offset" usage
  sha1_file.c: cleanup hdr usage
  git-apply: do not fix whitespaces on context lines.
  diff --cc: integer overflow given a 2GB-or-larger file
  mailinfo: do not get confused with logical lines that are too long.
  Documentation: link in 1.5.0.2 material to the top documentation page.
  Documentation: document remote.<name>.tagopt
  GIT 1.5.0.2
  git-remote: support remotes with a dot in the name
  Documentation: describe "-f/-t/-m" options to "git-remote add"
  diff --cc: fix display of symlink conflicts during a merge.
  merge-recursive: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks
  merge-index: fix longstanding bug in merging symlinks
  diff --cached: give more sensible error message when HEAD is yet to be created.
  Update tests to use test-chmtime
  Add test-chmtime: a utility to change mtime on files
  ...

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index a6590205e8..67f49329bf 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ static int builtin_diff_combined(struct rev_info *revs,
 	parent = xmalloc(ents * sizeof(*parent));
 	/* Again, the revs are all reverse */
 	for (i = 0; i < ents; i++)
-		hashcpy((unsigned char*)parent + i, ent[ents - 1 - i].item->sha1);
+		hashcpy((unsigned char *)(parent + i),
+			ent[ents - 1 - i].item->sha1);
 	diff_tree_combined(parent[0], parent + 1, ents - 1,
 			   revs->dense_combined_merges, revs);
 	return 0;
@@ -260,6 +261,8 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				break;
 			else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached")) {
 				add_head(&rev);
+				if (!rev.pending.nr)
+					die("No HEAD commit to compare with (yet)");
 				break;
 			}
 		}