diffcore-rename: refactor "too many candidates" logic

diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index d12de8f392fc660c5048062f2a754a9f63e897fb..171ac39274ed8f2e7d5a03de2f88a280b9276b2f 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ static void refresh_index_quietly(void)
 
 static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-       int result;
        unsigned int options = 0;
 
        while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
@@ -241,8 +240,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv
                perror("read_cache_preload");
                return -1;
        }
-       result = run_diff_files(revs, options);
-       return diff_result_code(&revs->diffopt, result);
+       return run_diff_files(revs, options);
 }
 
 int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
@@ -330,8 +328,11 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached") ||
                                 !strcmp(arg, "--staged")) {
                                add_head_to_pending(&rev);
-                               if (!rev.pending.nr)
-                                       die("No HEAD commit to compare with (yet)");
+                               if (!rev.pending.nr) {
+                                       struct tree *tree;
+                                       tree = lookup_tree((const unsigned char*)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
+                                       add_pending_object(&rev, &tree->object, "HEAD");
+                               }
                                break;
                        }
                }