Re: [PATCH] Fix 'git commit -a' in a newly initialized repository

> However, because ! test -f "$THIS_INDEX" is such a special case
> (totally new check-in), we can afford to be verbose if we wanted
> to, and offer tons of possibilities, say:
> 
> 	die 'nothing to commit.  You can use "git add file..."
> to include individual files, or use "git add ." if you want to 
> include all files in the current directory, for your first
> commit.'
> 
> But if we want to say "for your first commit" in the message, we
> should also be checking if HEAD commit really does not exist.