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>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d4bfd49..a7ef71f 100644 (file)
--- 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 cef76a7..2c4a406 100755 (executable)
--- 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 2e7bcb0..0316ecf 100755 (executable)
--- 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^ &&