# git commit improvement request 1 messages from 2005-12-13 to 2005-12-13. Participants: Jon Nelson. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2823 ## Jon Nelson, 2005-12-13 19:49 Subject: git commit improvement request Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0512131347000.6812%40gheavc.wnzcbav.cig ``` There is a small improvement I would like to see it 'git commit'. I am using 0.99.9i at this moment. If I perform a 'git commit' on a series of files, and then decide not to perform the commit, I can back out of the operation with a blank commit message. Additionally, it would be nice for git commit to recognize a non-zero exit code theoretically indicating 'aborted commit'. In any case, the problem is that, even though git /states/ that it has aborted the commit due to the empty commit message, git diff /appears/ to show that the commit took place. a 'git reset' takes care of things for me but it was rather confusing at first and it seems counter-intuitive. I'm hoping that the behavior here can be changed before 1.0 is released, which I am in eager anticipation for. Thanks! -- Jon Nelson ```