Merge branch 'maint' into bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix

* maint: (41 commits)
  Clarify commit error message for unmerged files
  Use strchrnul() instead of strchr() plus manual workaround
  Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementation
  Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path
  git-submodule: Fix "Unable to checkout" for the initial 'update'
  Clarify how the user can satisfy stash's 'dirty state' check.
  Remove empty directories in recursive merge
  Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
  Update release notes for 1.6.0.3
  checkout: Do not show local changes when in quiet mode
  for-each-ref: Fix --format=%(subject) for log message without newlines
  git-stash.sh: don't default to refs/stash if invalid ref supplied
  maint: check return of split_cmdline to avoid bad config strings
  builtin-prune.c: prune temporary packs in <object_dir>/pack directory
  Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs
  Use dashless git commands in setgitperms.perl
  git-remote: do not use user input in a printf format string
  make "git remote" report multiple URLs
  Start draft release notes for 1.6.0.3
  git-repack uses --no-repack-object, not --no-repack-delta.
  ...

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diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index acf1001c4f..1c3c501524 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -831,3 +831,23 @@ void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 	if (excludes_file && !access(excludes_file, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, excludes_file);
 }
+
+int remove_path(const char *name)
+{
+	char *slash;
+
+	if (unlink(name) && errno != ENOENT)
+		return -1;
+
+	slash = strrchr(name, '/');
+	if (slash) {
+		char *dirs = xstrdup(name);
+		slash = dirs + (slash - name);
+		do {
+			*slash = '\0';
+		} while (rmdir(dirs) && (slash = strrchr(dirs, '/')));
+		free(dirs);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+