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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: erratic behavior commit --allow-empty
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:12:01 +0200
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Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> writes:

> The user adds --allow-empty to have a different & unique commit

Where does the manual say that --allow-empty implies a different and
unique commit?

Andreas.

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