echo "$head_name" > "$state_dir"/head-name &&
echo "$onto" > "$state_dir"/onto &&
echo "$orig_head" > "$state_dir"/orig-head &&
- echo "$GIT_QUIET" > "$state_dir"/quiet &&
+ test t = "$GIT_QUIET" && : > "$state_dir"/quiet
test t = "$verbose" && : > "$state_dir"/verbose
test -n "$strategy" && echo "$strategy" > "$state_dir"/strategy
test -n "$strategy_opts" && echo "$strategy_opts" > \