merge-recur: if there is no common ancestor, fake empty one
merge-recur: if there is no common ancestor, fake empty one

This fixes the coolest merge ever.

[jc: with two "Oops that's not it" fixes from Johannes and Alex,
 and an obvious type mismatch fix.]

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <53fb8db7833fca1e1746dd8592f61048d350f64c@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <dc50d1021234060e53ec42a77d526afa2fe07479@cox.net>

destenson/git,destenson/git,destenson/git,destenson/git,destenson/git,destenson/git,destenson/git,destenson/git