git-config-set: support selecting values by non-matching regex

[git.git] / gitMergeCommon.py

diff --git a/gitMergeCommon.py b/gitMergeCommon.py
index 7e8855c..ff6f58a 100644 (file)
--- a/gitMergeCommon.py
+++ b/gitMergeCommon.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Fredrik Kuivinen
+#
+
 import sys, re, os, traceback
 from sets import Set
 
@@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ def buildGraph(heads):
 
 # Write the empty tree to the object database and return its SHA1
 def writeEmptyTree():
-    tmpIndex = os.environ['GIT_DIR'] + '/merge-tmp-index'
+    tmpIndex = os.environ.get('GIT_DIR', '.git') + '/merge-tmp-index'
     def delTmpIndex():
         try:
             os.unlink(tmpIndex)