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Commit with an empty message broken since v1.8.2.1

From
MMMislav Marohnić <mislav.marohnic@gmail.com>
Date
May 25, 2013, 19:12 UTC
Message-ID
<195A1F16-B587-4217-97BF-6A92DA8C0786@gmail.com>
Commit a24a41ea9a928ccde2db074ab0835c4817223c9d introduces a bug which is still present in latest master.
This command 
    git commit -m "" --allow-empty --allow-empty-message
should create an empty commit with an empty message and never open a text editor for the commit message. Since the change, the editor is always opened.
My current workaround to skip the editor is setting the environment variable:
    GIT_EDITOR=true
Next: René Scharfe
Message 1 of 7 in “Commit with an empty message broken since v1.8.2.1”
  1. Mislav MarohnićMay 25, 2013
  2. commit: don't start editor if empty message is given with -mRené Scharfe, May 25, 2013
  3. commit: don't use-editor when allow-empty-messageRamkumar Ramachandra, May 27, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 27, 2013
  5. commit: don't use-editor when allow-empty-messageRamkumar Ramachandra, May 27, 2013
  6. Antoine PelisseMay 27, 2013
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 27, 2013

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