From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:45:31 GMT
Subject: Re: How to prevent empty git commit --amend
Message-ID: <vpqvbk9a5uc.fsf@anie.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <CA+iO_8nmrw7SiXWS22VcEHObQDJYDwKqRPariAmv5DzUvzAdsQ@mail.gmail.com>

Ivo Anjo <ivo.anjo@ist.utl.pt> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Matthieu Moy
> <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:
>> [alias]
>>         amend = !git diff --staged --quiet || git commit --amend
>>
>> and then use "git amend".
>
> Genius! This is exactly what I wanted, thanks!

You probably want to tweak the alias by adding a && echo "Nothing to
commit, sorry" (or an if/then/fi) after git diff to get the appropriate
error message though.

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Matthieu Moy
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