From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:06:48 GMT
Subject: Re: finding if a commit is needed
Message-ID: <20100729000647.GB29156@dert.cs.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <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