static char *author_name, *author_email, *author_date;
 static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
 static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship;
+static int no_post_rewrite;
 static char *untracked_files_arg, *force_date;
 /*
  * The default commit message cleanup mode will remove the lines
        OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &null_termination,
                    "terminate entries with NUL"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "amend", &amend, "amend previous commit"),
+       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-post-rewrite", &no_post_rewrite, "bypass post-rewrite hook"),
        { OPTION_STRING, 'u', "untracked-files", &untracked_files_arg, "mode", "show untracked files, optional modes: all, normal, no. (Default: all)", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)"all" },
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty, "ok to record an empty change"),
        /* end commit contents options */
         * (B) on failure, rollback the real index.
         */
        if (all || (also && pathspec && *pathspec)) {
-               int fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
+               fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
                add_files_to_cache(also ? prefix : NULL, pathspec, 0);
                refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
                if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
         *
         * (1) return the name of the real index file.
         *
-        * The caller should run hooks on the real index, and run
-        * hooks on the real index, and create commit from the_index.
+        * The caller should run hooks on the real index,
+        * and create commit from the_index.
         * We still need to refresh the index here.
         */
        if (!pathspec || !*pathspec) {
        return git_status_config(k, v, s);
 }
 
+static const char post_rewrite_hook[] = "hooks/post-rewrite";
+
+static int run_rewrite_hook(const unsigned char *oldsha1,
+                           const unsigned char *newsha1)
+{
+       /* oldsha1 SP newsha1 LF NUL */
+       static char buf[2*40 + 3];
+       struct child_process proc;
+       const char *argv[3];
+       int code;
+       size_t n;
+
+       if (access(git_path(post_rewrite_hook), X_OK) < 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       argv[0] = git_path(post_rewrite_hook);
+       argv[1] = "amend";
+       argv[2] = NULL;
+
+       memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+       proc.argv = argv;
+       proc.in = -1;
+       proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
+
+       code = start_command(&proc);
+       if (code)
+               return code;
+       n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s %s\n",
+                    sha1_to_hex(oldsha1), sha1_to_hex(newsha1));
+       write_in_full(proc.in, buf, n);
+       close(proc.in);
+       return finish_command(&proc);
+}
+
 int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 
        rerere(0);
        run_hook(get_index_file(), "post-commit", NULL);
+       if (amend && !no_post_rewrite) {
+               struct notes_rewrite_cfg *cfg;
+               cfg = init_copy_notes_for_rewrite("amend");
+               if (cfg) {
+                       copy_note_for_rewrite(cfg, head_sha1, commit_sha1);
+                       finish_copy_notes_for_rewrite(cfg);
+               }
+               run_rewrite_hook(head_sha1, commit_sha1);
+       }
        if (!quiet)
                print_summary(prefix, commit_sha1);