diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index a221daa7f4..d25ae4b82d 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -97,11 +97,14 @@ head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1"^0) || usage
 shift
 
 # All the rest are remote heads
+remoteheads=
 for remote
 do
-	git-rev-parse --verify "$remote"^0 >/dev/null ||
+	remotehead=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$remote"^0) ||
 	    die "$remote - not something we can merge"
+	remoteheads="${remoteheads}$remotehead "
 done
+set x $remoteheads ; shift
 
 case "$#" in
 1)