#include "commit.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 
+int save_commit_buffer = 1;
+
 struct sort_node
 {
        /*
                             sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
        }
        ret = parse_commit_buffer(item, buffer, size);
-       if (!ret) {
+       if (save_commit_buffer && !ret) {
                item->buffer = buffer;
                return 0;
        }