Enable ref log creation in git checkout -b.

diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index bd3dc71cd6302190839c5d78310576fb709792f9..a4b0a907404f84581503d62011e5e82ecf50e715 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -167,8 +167,13 @@ run_status () {
        fi
        case "$committable" in
        0)
-           echo "nothing to commit"
-           exit 1
+               case "$amend" in
+               t)
+                       echo "# No changes" ;;
+               *)
+                       echo "nothing to commit" ;;
+               esac
+               exit 1 ;;
        esac
        exit 0
     )
@@ -365,14 +370,16 @@ tt*)
   die "Only one of -c/-C/-F/-m can be used." ;;
 esac
 
-case "$#,$also$only" in
-*,tt)
+case "$#,$also,$only,$amend" in
+*,t,t,*)
   die "Only one of --include/--only can be used." ;;
-0,t)
+0,t,,* | 0,,t,)
   die "No paths with --include/--only does not make sense." ;;
-0,)
+0,,t,t)
+  only_include_assumed="# Clever... amending the last one with dirty index." ;;
+0,,,*)
   ;;
-*,)
+*,,,*)
   only_include_assumed="# Explicit paths specified without -i nor -o; assuming --only paths..."
   also=
   ;;
@@ -549,8 +556,8 @@ fi >>"$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"
@@ -633,6 +640,8 @@ case "$no_edit" in
                exit 1
                ;;
        esac
+       git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT > /dev/null  || die
+       git-var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT > /dev/null  || die
        ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
        ;;
 esac
@@ -667,7 +676,8 @@ then
                rm -f "$TMP_INDEX"
        fi &&
        commit=$(cat "$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_MSG | git-commit-tree $tree $PARENTS) &&
-       git-update-ref HEAD $commit $current &&
+       rlogm=$(sed -e 1q "$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_MSG) &&
+       git-update-ref -m "commit: $rlogm" HEAD $commit $current &&
        rm -f -- "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" &&
        if test -f "$NEXT_INDEX"
        then