Re: git add --intent-to-add silently creates empty commits

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 15, 2016, 17:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq1t0loxz4.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGHT48L2s_nf-oSGPKrOB7uo5UAkCScNh+Ju5xH1dE5DFVnHwA@mail.gmail.com>

Aviv Eyal <avivey@gmail.com> writes:

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> Using `git add -N` allows creating of empty commits:
>
> git init test && cd test
> echo text > file
> git add --intent-to-add file
> git commit -m 'Empty commit'
> echo $?                                    # prints 0
> ...
> I'd expect `git commit` to error out instead of producing an empty commit.
>
> I've seen this with git 2.8.1 and 2.10.0.129.g35f6318

I think I've seen this reported some time ago.

https://public-inbox.org/git/%3CCACsJy8A8-RgpYxYsJBaLrMia7D3DfQPr4cxASNsaLyCnmgm3ZQ@mail.gmail.com%3E/

I do not offhand recall what happend to the topic after that.