1 files changed, 82 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index 8677ea2348..7de2c89ef2 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ enum show_patch_type {
 	SHOW_PATCH_DIFF = 1,
 };
 
+enum empty_action {
+	STOP_ON_EMPTY_COMMIT = 0,  /* output errors and stop in the middle of an am session */
+	DROP_EMPTY_COMMIT,         /* skip with a notice message, unless "--quiet" has been passed */
+	KEEP_EMPTY_COMMIT,         /* keep recording as empty commits */
+};
+
 struct am_state {
 	/* state directory path */
 	char *dir;
@@ -118,6 +124,7 @@ struct am_state {
 	int message_id;
 	int scissors; /* enum scissors_type */
 	int quoted_cr; /* enum quoted_cr_action */
+	int empty_type; /* enum empty_action */
 	struct strvec git_apply_opts;
 	const char *resolvemsg;
 	int committer_date_is_author_date;
@@ -178,6 +185,25 @@ static int am_option_parse_quoted_cr(const struct option *opt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int am_option_parse_empty(const struct option *opt,
+				     const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	int *opt_value = opt->value;
+
+	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
+
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "stop"))
+		*opt_value = STOP_ON_EMPTY_COMMIT;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "drop"))
+		*opt_value = DROP_EMPTY_COMMIT;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "keep"))
+		*opt_value = KEEP_EMPTY_COMMIT;
+	else
+		return error(_("Invalid value for --empty: %s"), arg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns path relative to the am_state directory.
  */
@@ -448,7 +474,7 @@ static int run_applypatch_msg_hook(struct am_state *state)
 	int ret;
 
 	assert(state->msg);
-	ret = run_hook_le(NULL, "applypatch-msg", am_path(state, "final-commit"), NULL);
+	ret = run_hooks_l("applypatch-msg", am_path(state, "final-commit"), NULL);
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		FREE_AND_NULL(state->msg);
@@ -1126,6 +1152,12 @@ static void NORETURN die_user_resolve(const struct am_state *state)
 
 		printf_ln(_("When you have resolved this problem, run \"%s --continue\"."), cmdline);
 		printf_ln(_("If you prefer to skip this patch, run \"%s --skip\" instead."), cmdline);
+
+		if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_AM_WORK_DIR) &&
+		    is_empty_or_missing_file(am_path(state, "patch")) &&
+		    !repo_index_has_changes(the_repository, NULL, NULL))
+			printf_ln(_("To record the empty patch as an empty commit, run \"%s --allow-empty\"."), cmdline);
+
 		printf_ln(_("To restore the original branch and stop patching, run \"%s --abort\"."), cmdline);
 	}
 
@@ -1248,11 +1280,6 @@ static int parse_mail(struct am_state *state, const char *mail)
 		goto finish;
 	}
 
-	if (is_empty_or_missing_file(am_path(state, "patch"))) {
-		printf_ln(_("Patch is empty."));
-		die_user_resolve(state);
-	}
-
 	strbuf_addstr(&msg, "\n\n");
 	strbuf_addbuf(&msg, &mi.log_message);
 	strbuf_stripspace(&msg, 0);
@@ -1609,7 +1636,7 @@ static void do_commit(const struct am_state *state)
 	const char *reflog_msg, *author, *committer = NULL;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-	if (run_hook_le(NULL, "pre-applypatch", NULL))
+	if (run_hooks("pre-applypatch"))
 		exit(1);
 
 	if (write_cache_as_tree(&tree, 0, NULL))
@@ -1661,7 +1688,7 @@ static void do_commit(const struct am_state *state)
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
 
-	run_hook_le(NULL, "post-applypatch", NULL);
+	run_hooks("post-applypatch");
 
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 }
@@ -1763,6 +1790,7 @@ static void am_run(struct am_state *state, int resume)
 	while (state->cur <= state->last) {
 		const char *mail = am_path(state, msgnum(state));
 		int apply_status;
+		int to_keep;
 
 		reset_ident_date();
 
@@ -1792,8 +1820,29 @@ static void am_run(struct am_state *state, int resume)
 		if (state->interactive && do_interactive(state))
 			goto next;
 
+		to_keep = 0;
+		if (is_empty_or_missing_file(am_path(state, "patch"))) {
+			switch (state->empty_type) {
+			case DROP_EMPTY_COMMIT:
+				say(state, stdout, _("Skipping: %.*s"), linelen(state->msg), state->msg);
+				goto next;
+				break;
+			case KEEP_EMPTY_COMMIT:
+				to_keep = 1;
+				say(state, stdout, _("Creating an empty commit: %.*s"),
+					linelen(state->msg), state->msg);
+				break;
+			case STOP_ON_EMPTY_COMMIT:
+				printf_ln(_("Patch is empty."));
+				die_user_resolve(state);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (run_applypatch_msg_hook(state))
 			exit(1);
+		if (to_keep)
+			goto commit;
 
 		say(state, stdout, _("Applying: %.*s"), linelen(state->msg), state->msg);
 
@@ -1827,6 +1876,7 @@ static void am_run(struct am_state *state, int resume)
 			die_user_resolve(state);
 		}
 
+commit:
 		do_commit(state);
 
 next:
@@ -1856,19 +1906,24 @@ next:
 /**
  * Resume the current am session after patch application failure. The user did
  * all the hard work, and we do not have to do any patch application. Just
- * trust and commit what the user has in the index and working tree.
+ * trust and commit what the user has in the index and working tree. If `allow_empty`
+ * is true, commit as an empty commit when index has not changed and lacking a patch.
  */
-static void am_resolve(struct am_state *state)
+static void am_resolve(struct am_state *state, int allow_empty)
 {
 	validate_resume_state(state);
 
 	say(state, stdout, _("Applying: %.*s"), linelen(state->msg), state->msg);
 
 	if (!repo_index_has_changes(the_repository, NULL, NULL)) {
-		printf_ln(_("No changes - did you forget to use 'git add'?\n"
-			"If there is nothing left to stage, chances are that something else\n"
-			"already introduced the same changes; you might want to skip this patch."));
-		die_user_resolve(state);
+		if (allow_empty && is_empty_or_missing_file(am_path(state, "patch"))) {
+			printf_ln(_("No changes - recorded it as an empty commit."));
+		} else {
+			printf_ln(_("No changes - did you forget to use 'git add'?\n"
+				    "If there is nothing left to stage, chances are that something else\n"
+				    "already introduced the same changes; you might want to skip this patch."));
+			die_user_resolve(state);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (unmerged_cache()) {
@@ -2195,7 +2250,8 @@ enum resume_type {
 	RESUME_SKIP,
 	RESUME_ABORT,
 	RESUME_QUIT,
-	RESUME_SHOW_PATCH
+	RESUME_SHOW_PATCH,
+	RESUME_ALLOW_EMPTY,
 };
 
 struct resume_mode {
@@ -2230,9 +2286,9 @@ static int parse_opt_show_current_patch(const struct option *opt, const char *ar
 	}
 
 	if (resume->mode == RESUME_SHOW_PATCH && new_value != resume->sub_mode)
-		return error(_("--show-current-patch=%s is incompatible with "
-			       "--show-current-patch=%s"),
-			     arg, valid_modes[resume->sub_mode]);
+		return error(_("options '%s=%s' and '%s=%s' "
+					   "cannot be used together"),
+					 "--show-current-patch", "--show-current-patch", arg, valid_modes[resume->sub_mode]);
 
 	resume->mode = RESUME_SHOW_PATCH;
 	resume->sub_mode = new_value;
@@ -2348,6 +2404,9 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		  N_("show the patch being applied"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_CMDMODE | PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP,
 		  parse_opt_show_current_patch, RESUME_SHOW_PATCH },
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "allow-empty", &resume.mode,
+			N_("record the empty patch as an empty commit"),
+			RESUME_ALLOW_EMPTY),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "committer-date-is-author-date",
 			&state.committer_date_is_author_date,
 			N_("lie about committer date")),
@@ -2357,6 +2416,9 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &state.sign_commit, N_("key-id"),
 		  N_("GPG-sign commits"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(STOP_ON_EMPTY_COMMIT, "empty", &state.empty_type, "{stop,drop,keep}",
+		  N_("how to handle empty patches"),
+		  PARSE_OPT_NONEG, am_option_parse_empty),
 		OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "rebasing", &state.rebasing,
 			N_("(internal use for git-rebase)")),
 		OPT_END()
@@ -2453,7 +2515,8 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		am_run(&state, 1);
 		break;
 	case RESUME_RESOLVED:
-		am_resolve(&state);
+	case RESUME_ALLOW_EMPTY:
+		am_resolve(&state, resume.mode == RESUME_ALLOW_EMPTY ? 1 : 0);
 		break;
 	case RESUME_SKIP:
 		am_skip(&state);