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-rwxr-xr-xgit-archimport.perl8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-archimport.perl b/git-archimport.perl
index b7c1fbf0ca..d8e6f4e448 100755
--- a/git-archimport.perl
+++ b/git-archimport.perl
@@ -692,7 +692,13 @@ sub find_parents {
next unless -e "$git_dir/refs/heads/$branch";
my $mergebase = `git-merge-base $branch $ps->{branch}`;
- die "Cannot find merge base for $branch and $ps->{branch}" if $?;
+ if ($?) {
+ # Don't die here, Arch supports one-way cherry-picking
+ # between branches with no common base (or any relationship
+ # at all beforehand)
+ warn "Cannot find merge base for $branch and $ps->{branch}";
+ next;
+ }
chomp $mergebase;
# now walk up to the mergepoint collecting what patches we have