1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 89bce65917..286a3595a8 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "mailsplit", cmd_mailsplit },
 		{ "merge", cmd_merge, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "merge-base", cmd_merge_base, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "merge-file", cmd_merge_file },
+		{ "merge-file", cmd_merge_file, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "merge-index", cmd_merge_index, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "merge-ours", cmd_merge_ours, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "merge-recursive", cmd_merge_recursive, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },