Instead of having it as one of the three if/elseif/.. case arms,
test the condition and handle this special case upfront.  This makes
it easier to follow the flow of logic.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/merge.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 8477878..878f82a 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1178,23 +1178,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                usage_with_options(builtin_merge_usage,
                        builtin_merge_options);
 
-       /*
-        * This could be traditional "merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..."  and
-        * the way we can tell it is to see if the second token is HEAD,
-        * but some people might have misused the interface and used a
-        * commit-ish that is the same as HEAD there instead.
-        * Traditional format never would have "-m" so it is an
-        * additional safety measure to check for it.
-        */
-
-       if (!have_message && head_commit &&
-           is_old_style_invocation(argc, argv, head_commit->object.sha1)) {
-               strbuf_addstr(&merge_msg, argv[0]);
-               head_arg = argv[1];
-               argv += 2;
-               argc -= 2;
-               remoteheads = collect_parents(head_commit, &head_subsumed, 
argc, argv);
-       } else if (!head_commit) {
+       if (!head_commit) {
                struct commit *remote_head;
                /*
                 * If the merged head is a valid one there is no reason
@@ -1217,6 +1201,23 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char 
*prefix)
                update_ref("initial pull", "HEAD", remote_head->object.sha1,
                           NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR);
                goto done;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * This could be traditional "merge <msg> HEAD <commit>..."  and
+        * the way we can tell it is to see if the second token is HEAD,
+        * but some people might have misused the interface and used a
+        * commit-ish that is the same as HEAD there instead.
+        * Traditional format never would have "-m" so it is an
+        * additional safety measure to check for it.
+        */
+       if (!have_message &&
+           is_old_style_invocation(argc, argv, head_commit->object.sha1)) {
+               strbuf_addstr(&merge_msg, argv[0]);
+               head_arg = argv[1];
+               argv += 2;
+               argc -= 2;
+               remoteheads = collect_parents(head_commit, &head_subsumed, 
argc, argv);
        } else {
                struct strbuf merge_names = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-- 
2.4.0-rc3-238-g36f5934

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