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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: erratic behavior commit --allow-empty
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:05:48 +0200
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Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> writes:

> Take then a git commit --allow-empty: if the trees are equal it may
> create a commit or not depending on the parent, message, author and
> date; if the trees are different it creates a commit.

The commit is _always_ created, with a name depending on the parent,
message, author and date.

Andreas.

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