merge-recursive --renormalize

[git.git] / builtin / commit.c

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 511d4901d55b5812968d48db89ee2b250e86ddb3..3d99cf91587593ecce56a603ca064888cdd60988 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] =
 "\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;
@@ -708,6 +713,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
        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;
        }
 
@@ -1260,13 +1267,16 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        }
 
        /* 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");
@@ -1277,7 +1287,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                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)
@@ -1300,7 +1311,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                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;
        }