Re: [PATCH 0/2] am: support --always option to am empty commits

From: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date: Nov 12, 2021, 06:17 UTC
Message-ID: <6da5e984-1dcf-4c55-976c-49ffb8d128bf@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1076.git.1636693095.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Am 12.11.21 um 05:58 schrieb Aleen via GitGitGadget:

> Since that git has supported the --always option for the git-format-patch
> command to create a patch with empty commit message, git-am should support
> applying and committing with empty patches.

The symmetry is compelling, but "always" is quite generic. I can see e.g. someone expecting "git am --always" to imply --keep-non-patch.

git commit and cherry-pick have --allow-empty, which is (a bit) more specific. That seems to me a better option name to copy for a commit- creating command like git am.

René

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