If git commit --amend is used on a commit with an empty message, it fails unless -m is given, whether or not --allow-empty-message is specified.
Instead, allow it to proceed to the editor with an empty commit message. Unless --allow-empty-message is in force, it will still abort later if an empty message is saved from the editor. (This check was already necessary to prevent a non-empty commit message being edited to an empty one.) Add a test for --amend --edit of an empty commit message which fails without this fix, as it's a rare case that won't get frequently tested otherwise. Signed-off-by: Chris Webb <ch...@arachsys.com> --- builtin/commit.c | 2 +- t/t7501-commit.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c index f43eaaf..6515da2 100644 --- a/builtin/commit.c +++ b/builtin/commit.c @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix, hook_arg1 = "message"; } else if (use_message) { buffer = strstr(use_message_buffer, "\n\n"); - if (!buffer || buffer[2] == '\0') + if (!use_editor && (!buffer || buffer[2] == '\0')) die(_("commit has empty message")); strbuf_add(&sb, buffer + 2, strlen(buffer + 2)); hook_arg1 = "commit"; diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh index b20ca0e..5ad636b 100755 --- a/t/t7501-commit.sh +++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh @@ -138,6 +138,21 @@ test_expect_success '--amend --edit' ' test_cmp expect msg ' +test_expect_success '--amend --edit of empty message' ' + cat >replace <<-\EOF && + #!/bin/sh + echo "amended" >"$1" + EOF + chmod 755 replace && + echo amended >expect && + git commit --allow-empty --allow-empty-message -m "" && + echo more bongo >file && + git add file && + EDITOR=./replace git commit --edit --amend && + git diff-tree -s --format=%s HEAD >msg && + test_cmp expect msg +' + test_expect_success '-m --edit' ' echo amended >expect && git commit --allow-empty -m buffer && -- 1.7.10 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html