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Re: finding if a commit is needed

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2010, 00:06 UTC
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<20100729000647.GB29156@dert.cs.uchicago.edu>
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<AANLkTin4o=uNBFELYMb8TDA=taGJyqpLvgxZcPFr+Pq+@mail.gmail.com>
Geoff Russell wrote:
> Is there something which can test whether a commit is needed?
> 
> I define "needed" as meaning when git commit -a would make a non-identical
> commit.
Maybe "git diff --exit-code HEAD"?

Regards, Jonathan

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