git am: Display some help text when patch is empty

diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 1056075545ad3e5e42626d167c91c1deada6186b..b6068df6bf790851bc271d642706f38fe079ebac 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ else
        HAS_HEAD=
 fi
 
+cmdline="git am"
+if test '' != "$interactive"
+then
+       cmdline="$cmdline -i"
+fi
+if test '' != "$threeway"
+then
+       cmdline="$cmdline -3"
+fi
+
 sq () {
        git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@"
 }
@@ -66,15 +76,6 @@ stop_here_user_resolve () {
            printf '%s\n' "$resolvemsg"
            stop_here $1
     fi
-    cmdline="git am"
-    if test '' != "$interactive"
-    then
-        cmdline="$cmdline -i"
-    fi
-    if test '' != "$threeway"
-    then
-        cmdline="$cmdline -3"
-    fi
     echo "When you have resolved this problem run \"$cmdline --resolved\"."
     echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
     echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
@@ -591,6 +592,8 @@ do
 
                test -s "$dotest/patch" || {
                        echo "Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?"
+                       echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
+                       echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
                        stop_here $this
                }
                rm -f "$dotest/original-commit"
@@ -740,7 +743,7 @@ do
                ;;
        esac
 
-       if test $apply_status = 1 && test "$threeway" = t
+       if test $apply_status != 0 && test "$threeway" = t
        then
                if (fall_back_3way)
                then