git-commit --amend: allow empty commit.

Junio C Hamano · Junio C Hamano · commit 8588452ceb78 · 2006-03-05T00:57:01.000-08:00
When amending a commit only to update the commit log message, git-status
would rightly say "Nothing to commit."  Do not let this prevent commit to
be made.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;junkio@cox.net&gt;
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ fi
 	test -z "$only_include_assumed" || echo "$only_include_assumed"
 	run_status
 } >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
-if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" ]
+if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" -a -z "$amend" ]
 then
 	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
 	run_status
