check-docs: drop git-help special-case

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index f43eaafb3b0afc1fb2dcc994433a6ad3be725654..20cef95d600aeb15b716793beb5fb2534cc2b682 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ static int list_paths(struct string_list *list, const char *with_tree,
        int i;
        char *m;
 
+       if (!pattern)
+               return 0;
+
        for (i = 0; pattern[i]; i++)
                ;
        m = xcalloc(1, i);
@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
         * and create commit from the_index.
         * We still need to refresh the index here.
         */
-       if (!pathspec || !*pathspec) {
+       if (!only && (!pathspec || !*pathspec)) {
                fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
                refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
                if (active_cache_changed) {
@@ -640,7 +643,7 @@ 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";
@@ -722,7 +725,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
        strbuf_release(&sb);
 
        /* This checks if committer ident is explicitly given */
-       strbuf_addstr(&committer_ident, git_committer_info(0));
+       strbuf_addstr(&committer_ident, git_committer_info(IDENT_STRICT));
        if (use_editor && include_status) {
                char *ai_tmp, *ci_tmp;
                if (whence != FROM_COMMIT)