3 files changed, 16 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/merge-ort.c b/merge-ort.c
index 8631c99700..7857ce9fbd 100644
--- a/merge-ort.c
+++ b/merge-ort.c
@@ -721,23 +721,6 @@ static void clear_or_reinit_internal_opts(struct merge_options_internal *opti,
 	renames->callback_data_nr = renames->callback_data_alloc = 0;
 }
 
-__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
-static int err(struct merge_options *opt, const char *err, ...)
-{
-	va_list params;
-	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-
-	strbuf_addstr(&sb, "error: ");
-	va_start(params, err);
-	strbuf_vaddf(&sb, err, params);
-	va_end(params);
-
-	error("%s", sb.buf);
-	strbuf_release(&sb);
-
-	return -1;
-}
-
 static void format_commit(struct strbuf *sb,
 			  int indent,
 			  struct repository *repo,
@@ -2122,13 +2105,12 @@ static int handle_content_merge(struct merge_options *opt,
 					  &result_buf);
 
 		if ((merge_status < 0) || !result_buf.ptr)
-			ret = err(opt, _("Failed to execute internal merge"));
+			ret = error(_("failed to execute internal merge"));
 
 		if (!ret &&
 		    write_object_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
 				      OBJ_BLOB, &result->oid))
-			ret = err(opt, _("Unable to add %s to database"),
-				  path);
+			ret = error(_("unable to add %s to database"), path);
 
 		free(result_buf.ptr);
 		if (ret)
@@ -3342,10 +3324,7 @@ static int collect_renames(struct merge_options *opt,
 	return clean;
 }
 
-static int detect_and_process_renames(struct merge_options *opt,
-				      struct tree *merge_base,
-				      struct tree *side1,
-				      struct tree *side2)
+static int detect_and_process_renames(struct merge_options *opt)
 {
 	struct diff_queue_struct combined = { 0 };
 	struct rename_info *renames = &opt->priv->renames;
@@ -3509,8 +3488,7 @@ static int sort_dirs_next_to_their_children(const char *one, const char *two)
 		return c1 - c2;
 }
 
-static int read_oid_strbuf(struct merge_options *opt,
-			   const struct object_id *oid,
+static int read_oid_strbuf(const struct object_id *oid,
 			   struct strbuf *dst)
 {
 	void *buf;
@@ -3518,10 +3496,10 @@ static int read_oid_strbuf(struct merge_options *opt,
 	unsigned long size;
 	buf = repo_read_object_file(the_repository, oid, &type, &size);
 	if (!buf)
-		return err(opt, _("cannot read object %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
+		return error(_("cannot read object %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 	if (type != OBJ_BLOB) {
 		free(buf);
-		return err(opt, _("object %s is not a blob"), oid_to_hex(oid));
+		return error(_("object %s is not a blob"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 	}
 	strbuf_attach(dst, buf, size, size + 1);
 	return 0;
@@ -3545,8 +3523,8 @@ static int blob_unchanged(struct merge_options *opt,
 	if (oideq(&base->oid, &side->oid))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (read_oid_strbuf(opt, &base->oid, &basebuf) ||
-	    read_oid_strbuf(opt, &side->oid, &sidebuf))
+	if (read_oid_strbuf(&base->oid, &basebuf) ||
+	    read_oid_strbuf(&side->oid, &sidebuf))
 		goto error_return;
 	/*
 	 * Note: binary | is used so that both renormalizations are
@@ -4902,8 +4880,7 @@ static void merge_start(struct merge_options *opt, struct merge_result *result)
 	trace2_region_leave("merge", "allocate/init", opt->repo);
 }
 
-static void merge_check_renames_reusable(struct merge_options *opt,
-					 struct merge_result *result,
+static void merge_check_renames_reusable(struct merge_result *result,
 					 struct tree *merge_base,
 					 struct tree *side1,
 					 struct tree *side2)
@@ -4973,7 +4950,7 @@ redo:
 		 * TRANSLATORS: The %s arguments are: 1) tree hash of a merge
 		 * base, and 2-3) the trees for the two trees we're merging.
 		 */
-		err(opt, _("collecting merge info failed for trees %s, %s, %s"),
+		error(_("collecting merge info failed for trees %s, %s, %s"),
 		    oid_to_hex(&merge_base->object.oid),
 		    oid_to_hex(&side1->object.oid),
 		    oid_to_hex(&side2->object.oid));
@@ -4983,8 +4960,7 @@ redo:
 	trace2_region_leave("merge", "collect_merge_info", opt->repo);
 
 	trace2_region_enter("merge", "renames", opt->repo);
-	result->clean = detect_and_process_renames(opt, merge_base,
-						   side1, side2);
+	result->clean = detect_and_process_renames(opt);
 	trace2_region_leave("merge", "renames", opt->repo);
 	if (opt->priv->renames.redo_after_renames == 2) {
 		trace2_region_enter("merge", "reset_maps", opt->repo);
@@ -5106,7 +5082,7 @@ void merge_incore_nonrecursive(struct merge_options *opt,
 
 	trace2_region_enter("merge", "merge_start", opt->repo);
 	assert(opt->ancestor != NULL);
-	merge_check_renames_reusable(opt, result, merge_base, side1, side2);
+	merge_check_renames_reusable(result, merge_base, side1, side2);
 	merge_start(opt, result);
 	/*
 	 * Record the trees used in this merge, so if there's a next merge in
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 6a4081bb0f..0d7e57e2df 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1383,12 +1383,12 @@ static int merge_mode_and_contents(struct merge_options *opt,
 						  extra_marker_size);
 
 			if ((merge_status < 0) || !result_buf.ptr)
-				ret = err(opt, _("Failed to execute internal merge"));
+				ret = err(opt, _("failed to execute internal merge"));
 
 			if (!ret &&
 			    write_object_file(result_buf.ptr, result_buf.size,
 					      OBJ_BLOB, &result->blob.oid))
-				ret = err(opt, _("Unable to add %s to database"),
+				ret = err(opt, _("unable to add %s to database"),
 					  a->path);
 
 			free(result_buf.ptr);
diff --git a/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh b/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh
index 9677180a5b..72f8c1722f 100755
--- a/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh
+++ b/t/t6406-merge-attr.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ test_expect_success !WINDOWS 'custom merge driver that is killed with a signal'
 
 	>./please-abort &&
 	echo "* merge=custom" >.gitattributes &&
-	test_must_fail git merge main &&
+	test_must_fail git merge main 2>err &&
+	grep "^error: failed to execute internal merge" err &&
 	git ls-files -u >output &&
 	git diff --name-only HEAD >>output &&
 	test_must_be_empty output