4 files changed, 33 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 6d01d7d6bd..93f5b4e8dd 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int inherit_tracking(struct tracking *tracking, const char *orig_ref)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (branch->merge_nr < 1 || !branch->merge_name || !branch->merge_name[0]) {
+	if (branch->merge_nr < 1 || !branch->merge || !branch->merge[0] || !branch->merge[0]->src) {
 		warning(_("asked to inherit tracking from '%s', but no merge configuration is set"),
 			bare_ref);
 		return -1;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int inherit_tracking(struct tracking *tracking, const char *orig_ref)
 
 	tracking->remote = branch->remote_name;
 	for (i = 0; i < branch->merge_nr; i++)
-		string_list_append(tracking->srcs, branch->merge_name[i]);
+		string_list_append(tracking->srcs, branch->merge[i]->src);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index a1ebc6ad33..f4556ae155 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static void NORETURN die_no_merge_candidates(const char *repo, const char **refs
 	} else
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Your configuration specifies to merge with the ref '%s'\n"
 			"from the remote, but no such ref was fetched."),
-			*curr_branch->merge_name);
+			curr_branch->merge[0]->src);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 4099183cac..ee95126f3f 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -174,9 +174,15 @@ static void remote_clear(struct remote *remote)
 
 static void add_merge(struct branch *branch, const char *name)
 {
-	ALLOC_GROW(branch->merge_name, branch->merge_nr + 1,
+	struct refspec_item *merge;
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(branch->merge, branch->merge_nr + 1,
 		   branch->merge_alloc);
-	branch->merge_name[branch->merge_nr++] = name;
+
+	merge = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*merge));
+	merge->src = xstrdup(name);
+
+	branch->merge[branch->merge_nr++] = merge;
 }
 
 struct branches_hash_key {
@@ -247,15 +253,23 @@ static struct branch *make_branch(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void merge_clear(struct branch *branch)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < branch->merge_nr; i++) {
+		refspec_item_clear(branch->merge[i]);
+		free(branch->merge[i]);
+	}
+	FREE_AND_NULL(branch->merge);
+	branch->merge_nr = 0;
+}
+
 static void branch_release(struct branch *branch)
 {
 	free((char *)branch->name);
 	free((char *)branch->refname);
 	free(branch->remote_name);
 	free(branch->pushremote_name);
-	for (int i = 0; i < branch->merge_nr; i++)
-		refspec_item_clear(branch->merge[i]);
-	free(branch->merge);
+	merge_clear(branch);
 }
 
 static struct rewrite *make_rewrite(struct rewrites *r,
@@ -429,7 +443,7 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value,
 		} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "merge")) {
 			if (!value)
 				return config_error_nonbool(key);
-			add_merge(branch, xstrdup(value));
+			add_merge(branch, value);
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -692,7 +706,7 @@ char *remote_ref_for_branch(struct branch *branch, int for_push)
 	if (branch) {
 		if (!for_push) {
 			if (branch->merge_nr) {
-				return xstrdup(branch->merge_name[0]);
+				return xstrdup(branch->merge[0]->src);
 			}
 		} else {
 			char *dst;
@@ -1731,32 +1745,30 @@ static void set_merge(struct remote_state *remote_state, struct branch *ret)
 
 	if (!ret)
 		return; /* no branch */
-	if (ret->merge)
+	if (ret->set_merge)
 		return; /* already run */
 	if (!ret->remote_name || !ret->merge_nr) {
 		/*
 		 * no merge config; let's make sure we don't confuse callers
 		 * with a non-zero merge_nr but a NULL merge
 		 */
-		ret->merge_nr = 0;
+		merge_clear(ret);
 		return;
 	}
+	ret->set_merge = 1;
 
 	remote = remotes_remote_get(remote_state, ret->remote_name);
 
-	CALLOC_ARRAY(ret->merge, ret->merge_nr);
 	for (i = 0; i < ret->merge_nr; i++) {
-		ret->merge[i] = xcalloc(1, sizeof(**ret->merge));
-		ret->merge[i]->src = xstrdup(ret->merge_name[i]);
 		if (!remote_find_tracking(remote, ret->merge[i]) ||
 		    strcmp(ret->remote_name, "."))
 			continue;
-		if (repo_dwim_ref(the_repository, ret->merge_name[i],
-				  strlen(ret->merge_name[i]), &oid, &ref,
+		if (repo_dwim_ref(the_repository, ret->merge[i]->src,
+				  strlen(ret->merge[i]->src), &oid, &ref,
 				  0) == 1)
 			ret->merge[i]->dst = ref;
 		else
-			ret->merge[i]->dst = xstrdup(ret->merge_name[i]);
+			ret->merge[i]->dst = xstrdup(ret->merge[i]->src);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1776,7 +1788,7 @@ struct branch *branch_get(const char *name)
 
 int branch_has_merge_config(struct branch *branch)
 {
-	return branch && !!branch->merge;
+	return branch && branch->set_merge;
 }
 
 int branch_merge_matches(struct branch *branch,
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index 7e4943ae3a..76d93bf88d 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ struct branch {
 
 	char *pushremote_name;
 
-	/* An array of the "merge" lines in the configuration. */
-	const char **merge_name;
+	/* True if set_merge() has been called to finalize the merge array */
+	int set_merge;
 
 	/**
 	 * An array of the struct refspecs used for the merge lines. That is,