Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 1e7c09e1f2fdf3b4327c903084bd86616b7956f1..01c73bdd08e075d650e58664650bcd7fe1cd1551 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ t)
        ;;
 esac
 
-if [ -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" ]; then
+if test -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" && test -z "$no_edit"; then
        echo "#"
        echo "# It looks like you may be committing a MERGE."
        echo "# If this is not correct, please remove the file"
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ fi >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
 # Author
 if test '' != "$force_author"
 then
-       GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=`expr "$force_author" : '\(.*[^ ]\) *<.*'` &&
-       GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=`expr "$force_author" : '.*\(<.*\)'` &&
+       GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=`expr "z$force_author" : 'z\(.*[^ ]\) *<.*'` &&
+       GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=`expr "z$force_author" : '.*\(<.*\)'` &&
        test '' != "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" &&
        test '' != "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" ||
        die "malformatted --author parameter"
@@ -605,16 +605,23 @@ else
        current=
 fi
 
-{
-       test -z "$only_include_assumed" || echo "$only_include_assumed"
-       run_status
-} >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
+if test -z "$no_edit"
+then
+       {
+               test -z "$only_include_assumed" || echo "$only_include_assumed"
+               run_status
+       } >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
+else
+       # we need to check if there is anything to commit
+       run_status >/dev/null 
+fi
 if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" -a -z "$amend" ]
 then
        rm -f "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
        run_status
        exit 1
 fi
+
 case "$no_edit" in
 '')
        case "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR},$TERM" in