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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
To: Ivo Anjo <ivo.anjo@ist.utl.pt>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to prevent empty git commit --amend
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:00:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqzj9lfzqg.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+iO_8mLsdsf1PepiB4M9jJh7pX8brqPdiwAvWGMdfYO0YKrCQ@mail.gmail.com> (Ivo Anjo's message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:56:39 +0000")

Ivo Anjo <ivo.anjo@ist.utl.pt> writes:

> 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 :)

I don't know any way to let Git do the check for you, but 

git diff --staged --quiet || git commit --amend

should do it. You can alias it like

[alias]
	amend = !git diff --staged --quiet || git commit --amend

and then use "git amend".

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-14 10:07 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
2015-01-13 10:22   ` Ivo Anjo
2015-01-13 11:20     ` Michael J Gruber
2015-01-14 10:00 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
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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