test -z "$only_include_assumed" || echo "$only_include_assumed"
run_status
} >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
-if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" ]
+if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" -a -z "$amend" ]
then
rm -f "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
run_status