From: Daniel Knittl-Frank <knittl89@googlemail.com>
To: Ivo Anjo <ivo.anjo@ist.utl.pt>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to prevent empty git commit --amend
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:59:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACx-yZ12mn-EyR5Mx9rmACLtyeYWRdyef4jDqdFAPzeQDm03ug@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+iO_8mLsdsf1PepiB4M9jJh7pX8brqPdiwAvWGMdfYO0YKrCQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Ivo Anjo <ivo.anjo@ist.utl.pt> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I sometimes get a bit distracted when making amends. Once or twice per
> week I do a commit, then realize I added something I shouldn't, or
> forgot to add a line here or there, and then I do a git commit --amend
> to fix it.
>
> The thing is, a lot of times I forget to stage the modifications I did.
> And here is my issue: *git commit* refuses to work when there's
> nothing to commit, but *git commit --amend* happily pops up the editor
> and says you have committed something when you did not add/change
> anything.
>
> Is there a way to prevent a *git commit --amend** with nothing to
> commit from working?
> If not, I would like to suggest that this feature would be very helpful :)
Hi Ivo,
simply delete all text from the commit editor and exit/save the empty
file. This will abort the commit.
The same logic applies to git rebase --interactive: deleting
everything will do nothing.
Regards,
Daniel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-13 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-13 8:56 How to prevent empty git commit --amend Ivo Anjo
2015-01-13 8:59 ` Daniel Knittl-Frank [this message]
2015-01-13 10:22 ` Ivo Anjo
2015-01-13 11:20 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-01-14 10:00 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-01-14 12:15 ` Ivo Anjo
2015-01-14 12:45 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-01-14 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-14 17:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-15 16:08 ` [RFC/PATCH] commit/status: show the index-worktree with -v -v Michael J Gruber
2015-01-15 20:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-15 20:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-01-16 8:13 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-03 14:16 ` [PATCHv2 0/2] More diffs for commit/status Michael J Gruber
2015-03-03 14:16 ` [PATCHv2 1/2] t7508: test git status -v Michael J Gruber
2015-03-03 21:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-03 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-04 11:05 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-04 21:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-03 14:16 ` [PATCHv2 2/2] commit/status: show the index-worktree diff with -v -v Michael J Gruber
2015-03-03 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-04 11:11 ` Michael J Gruber
2015-03-04 21:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-05 14:13 ` [PATCHv3 0/3]More diffs for commit/status Michael J Gruber
2015-03-05 14:13 ` [PATCHv3 1/3] t7508: .gitignore 'expect' and 'output' files Michael J Gruber
2015-03-05 14:13 ` [PATCHv3 2/3] t7508: test git status -v Michael J Gruber
2015-03-05 14:13 ` [PATCHv3 3/3] commit/status: show the index-worktree diff with -v -v Michael J Gruber
2015-03-05 19:25 ` [PATCHv3 0/3]More diffs for commit/status Junio C Hamano
2015-03-05 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-05 20:27 ` Junio C Hamano
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