git-commit --amend: allow empty commit. 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 <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh index d9ec1f1..330a434 100755 --- a/git-commit.sh +++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ 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