Re: [PATCH 1/3] merge: a random object may not necssarily be a commit

> The user could have said "git merge $(git rev-parse v1.0.0)"; we
> shouldn't mark it as "Merge commit '15999998fb...'" as the merge
> name, even though such an invocation might be crazy.
> 
> We could even read the "tag " header from the tag object and replace
> the object name the user gave us, but let's not lose the information
> by doing so, at least not yet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
>  builtin/merge.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
> index 0ec8f0d..990e90c 100644
> --- a/builtin/merge.c
> +++ b/builtin/merge.c
> @@ -516,6 +516,19 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
>  		strbuf_release(&line);
>  		goto cleanup;
>  	}
> +
> +	if (remote_head->util) {
> +		struct merge_remote_desc *desc;
> +		desc = merge_remote_util(remote_head);
> +		if (desc && desc->obj && desc->obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
> +			strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\t%s '%s'\n",
> +				    sha1_to_hex(desc->obj->sha1),
> +				    typename(desc->obj->type),
> +				    remote);
> +			goto cleanup;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tcommit '%s'\n",
>  		sha1_to_hex(remote_head->object.sha1), remote);