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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-12-03 00:03:10 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-12-03 00:36:49 -0800
commit36863af16e91aebc87696209f4f4780cf4c4059f (patch)
treef6fca86a50d4f45b7f4ac2afb653401602f91cd3
parentgit-commit: Allow to amend a merge commit that does not change the tree (diff)
downloadtgif-36863af16e91aebc87696209f4f4780cf4c4059f.tar.xz
git-commit --allow-empty
It does not usually make sense to record a commit that has the exact same tree as its sole parent commit and that is why git-commit prevents you from making such a mistake, but when data from foreign scm is involved, it is a different story. We are equipped to represent such an (perhaps insane, perhaps by mistake, or perhaps done on purpose) empty change, and it is better to represent it bypassing the safety valve for native use. This is primarily for use by foreign scm interface scripts. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt8
-rwxr-xr-xgit-commit.sh13
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7501-commit.sh7
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d4bfd49ce1..a7ef71ff99 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u]
[(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend]
- [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
+ [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
[--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ OPTIONS
This option bypasses the pre-commit hook.
See also link:hooks.html[hooks].
+--allow-empty::
+ Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
+ sole parent commit and the command prevents you from making such
+ a mistake. This option bypasses the safety, and is primarily
+ for use by foreign scm interface scripts.
+
-e|--edit::
The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with
`-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index cef76a7775..2c4a4062a5 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ trap '
all=
also=
+allow_empty=f
interactive=
only=
logfile=
@@ -114,6 +115,10 @@ do
-a|--a|--al|--all)
all=t
;;
+ --allo|--allow|--allow-|--allow-e|--allow-em|--allow-emp|\
+ --allow-empt|--allow-empty)
+ allow_empty=t
+ ;;
--au=*|--aut=*|--auth=*|--autho=*|--author=*)
force_author="${1#*=}"
;;
@@ -515,9 +520,11 @@ else
# we need to check if there is anything to commit
run_status >/dev/null
fi
-case "$?,$PARENTS" in
-0,* | *,-p' '?*-p' '?*)
- # a merge commit can record the same tree as its parent.
+case "$allow_empty,$?,$PARENTS" in
+t,* | ?,0,* | ?,*,-p' '?*-p' '?*)
+ # an explicit --allow-empty, or a merge commit can record the
+ # same tree as its parent. Otherwise having commitable paths
+ # is required.
;;
*)
rm -f "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG" "$GIT_DIR/SQUASH_MSG"
diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh
index 2e7bcb016a..0316ecf5a1 100755
--- a/t/t7501-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ test_expect_success 'same tree (single parent)' '
'
+test_expect_success 'same tree (single parent) --allow-empty' '
+
+ git commit --allow-empty -m "forced empty" &&
+ git cat-file commit HEAD | grep forced
+
+'
+
test_expect_success 'same tree (merge and amend merge)' '
git checkout -b side HEAD^ &&