[PATCH v2 1/3] Process MERGE_MODE before MERGE_HEAD

[Kacper Kornet <draenog@pld-linux.org>]

It is in preparation to introduce --transpose-parents option to
git-merge, when the content of MERGE_MODE will dictate how the
MERGE_HEAD is interpreted.

Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <draenog@pld-linux.org>
---
 builtin/commit.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 1dd2ec5..273332f 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1481,6 +1481,12 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (!reflog_msg)
 			reflog_msg = "commit (merge)";
+		if (!stat(git_path("MERGE_MODE"), &statbuf)) {
+			if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path("MERGE_MODE"), 0) < 0)
+				die_errno(_("could not read MERGE_MODE"));
+			if (!strcmp(sb.buf, "no-ff"))
+				allow_fast_forward = 0;
+		}
 		pptr = &commit_list_insert(current_head, pptr)->next;
 		fp = fopen(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"), "r");
 		if (fp == NULL)
@@ -1496,12 +1502,6 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		fclose(fp);
 		strbuf_release(&m);
-		if (!stat(git_path("MERGE_MODE"), &statbuf)) {
-			if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path("MERGE_MODE"), 0) < 0)
-				die_errno(_("could not read MERGE_MODE"));
-			if (!strcmp(sb.buf, "no-ff"))
-				allow_fast_forward = 0;
-		}
 		if (allow_fast_forward)
 			parents = reduce_heads(parents);
 	} else {
-- 
1.8.0.1