builtin-commit: fix amending of the initial commit

gitster · gitster · commit d616a2396456 · 2007-12-22T19:45:06.000-08:00
When amending initial commit without editor, the command
incorrectly barfed because the check to see if there is anything
to commit referenced the non-existent HEAD^1.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -374,20 +374,20 @@ static int prepare_log_message(const char *index_file, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (no_edit) {
 		struct rev_info rev;
-		unsigned char sha1[40];
+		unsigned char sha1[20];
 		const char *parent = "HEAD";
 
 		fclose(fp);
 
 		if (!active_nr && read_cache() < 0)
 			die("Cannot read index");
 
-		if (get_sha1("HEAD", sha1) != 0)
-			return !!active_nr;
-
 		if (amend)
 			parent = "HEAD^1";
 
+		if (get_sha1(parent, sha1))
+			return !!active_nr;
+
 		init_revisions(&rev, "");
 		rev.abbrev = 0;
 		setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, parent);
