split: don't update before it is actually needed
Before this patch, we were updating the working copy parent needlessly and
before the error checking. This patch fixes the issue.
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Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@ens-lyon.org>
Patrick Mezard <patrick@mezard.eu>
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