+static void read_empty(unsigned const char *sha1, int verbose)
+{
+ int i = 0;
+ const char *args[7];
+
+ args[i++] = "read-tree";
+ if (verbose)
+ args[i++] = "-v";
+ args[i++] = "-m";
+ args[i++] = "-u";
+ args[i++] = EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_HEX;
+ args[i++] = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
+ args[i] = NULL;
+
+ if (run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD))
+ die("read-tree failed");
+}
+