commit: make --only --allow-empty work without paths

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 77e3dc849419e697abe8f2f4c7d753cce17634a8..58b799c10fb242c361f73a1eb588d264b13b222d 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
 
        if (also + only + all + interactive > 1)
                die(_("Only one of --include/--only/--all/--interactive/--patch can be used."));
-       if (argc == 0 && (also || (only && !amend)))
+       if (argc == 0 && (also || (only && !amend && !allow_empty)))
                die(_("No paths with --include/--only does not make sense."));
        if (argc == 0 && only && amend)
                only_include_assumed = _("Clever... amending the last one with dirty index.");