#include "lockfile.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
        return 0;
 }
 
-static struct lock_file lock_file;
-
 static const char ignore_error[] =
 N_("The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:\n");
 
        int add_new_files;
        int require_pathspec;
        char *seen = NULL;
+       struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT;
 
        git_config(add_config, NULL);
 
        unplug_bulk_checkin();
 
 finish:
-       if (active_cache_changed) {
-               if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
-                       die(_("Unable to write new index file"));
-       }
+       if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file,
+                              COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED))
+               die(_("Unable to write new index file"));
 
        UNLEAK(pathspec);
        UNLEAK(dir);