The "update-cache --refresh" command attempts refresh_entry() on unmerged path, which results in as many "needs update" messages as there are unmerged stages for that path. This does not do any harm to the working directory, but it is confusing.
$ ls -al total 16 drwxrwsr-x 3 junio src 4096 Apr 17 23:00 ./ drwxrwsr-x 10 junio src 4096 Apr 17 22:58 ../ drwxr-sr-x 3 junio src 4096 Apr 17 22:59 .git/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 junio src 363 Apr 17 23:00 TT $ show-files --stage 100644 e14bafaadce6c34768ba2ff8b3c6419e8839e7d2 1 TT 100644 99ef1b30fc6d6ea186d6eac62619e1afd65ad64e 2 TT 100644 033b9385f7a29882a6b4b34f67b20e2304d3489d 3 TT $ ../++linus/update-cache --refresh TT: needs update TT: needs update TT: needs update $ ../update-cache --refresh TT: needs merge Here is a fix. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- update-cache.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) update-cache.c: 5742c6ca084a7761ad728651d85509736e2ebc7c --- update-cache.c +++ update-cache.c 2005-04-17 22:58:06.000000000 -0700 @@ -196,9 +196,18 @@ static void refresh_cache(void) int i; for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) { - struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i]; - struct cache_entry *new = refresh_entry(ce); + struct cache_entry *ce, *new; + ce = active_cache[i]; + if (ce_stage(ce)) { + printf("%s: needs merge\n", ce->name); + while ((i < active_nr) && + ! strcmp(active_cache[i]->name, ce->name)) + i++; + i--; + continue; + } + new = refresh_entry(ce); if (!new) { printf("%s: needs update\n", ce->name); continue; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html