Re: erratic behavior commit --allow-empty

Hi Andreas,

In the git commit man page:

"--allow-empty

    Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
sole parent commit is a mistake, and the command prevents you from
making such a commit. This option bypasses the safety, and is
primarily for use by foreign SCM interface scripts."

By reading: "the command prevents" I understand that a new commit is not created, and "This option bypasses" that it is instead created.

Perhaps my reading was a bit straightforward, but a man page is not a sort of ancient holy writing that the reader has to sift every word to understand hidden meanings, it should be something clear and plain.

-Angelo