"\n"
" git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n";
+static const char empty_amend_advice[] =
+"You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n"
+"it empty. You can repeat your command with --allow-empty, or you can\n"
+"remove the commit entirely with \"git reset HEAD^\".\n";
+
static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
static char *use_message_buffer;
if (!commitable && !in_merge && !allow_empty &&
!(amend && is_a_merge(head_sha1))) {
run_status(stdout, index_file, prefix, 0, s);
+ if (amend)
+ fputs(empty_amend_advice, stderr);
return 0;
}
}
/* Determine parents */
+ reflog_msg = getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION");
if (initial_commit) {
- reflog_msg = "commit (initial)";
+ if (!reflog_msg)
+ reflog_msg = "commit (initial)";
} else if (amend) {
struct commit_list *c;
struct commit *commit;
- reflog_msg = "commit (amend)";
+ if (!reflog_msg)
+ reflog_msg = "commit (amend)";
commit = lookup_commit(head_sha1);
if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))
die("could not parse HEAD commit");
struct strbuf m = STRBUF_INIT;
FILE *fp;
- reflog_msg = "commit (merge)";
+ if (!reflog_msg)
+ reflog_msg = "commit (merge)";
pptr = &commit_list_insert(lookup_commit(head_sha1), pptr)->next;
fp = fopen(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"), "r");
if (fp == NULL)
if (allow_fast_forward)
parents = reduce_heads(parents);
} else {
- reflog_msg = "commit";
+ if (!reflog_msg)
+ reflog_msg = "commit";
pptr = &commit_list_insert(lookup_commit(head_sha1), pptr)->next;
}