# [PATCH] commit: add -f to force creation when no changes or an empty message 1 messages from 2015-03-29 to 2015-03-29. Participants: Ivan Ukhov. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/38939 ## Ivan Ukhov, 2015-03-29 15:34 Subject: [PATCH] commit: add -f to force creation when no changes or an empty message Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E2201BDB-4441-4BD0-B0ED-2F39A2838A7F%40gmail.com ``` An attempt to commit gets rejected if there are no changes staged or there is no message given. In such a case, the --allow-empty and --allow-empty-message flags can be used to force the action. The standard approach to force an action, however, is the -f/--force flag, as used in other built-ins. Signed-off-by: Ivan Ukhov --- builtin/commit.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c index da79ac4..fb76aee 100644 --- a/builtin/commit.c +++ b/builtin/commit.c @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static char *fixup_message, *squash_message; static int all, also, interactive, patch_interactive, only, amend, signoff; static int edit_flag = -1; /* unspecified */ static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship; -static int no_post_rewrite, allow_empty_message; +static int no_post_rewrite, allow_empty_message, force; static char *untracked_files_arg, *force_date, *ignore_submodule_arg; static char *sign_commit; @@ -1614,6 +1614,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) OPT_BOOL(0, "amend", &amend, N_("amend previous commit")), OPT_BOOL(0, "no-post-rewrite", &no_post_rewrite, N_("bypass post-rewrite hook")), { OPTION_STRING, 'u', "untracked-files", &untracked_files_arg, N_("mode"), N_("show untracked files, optional modes: all, normal, no. (Default: all)"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)"all" }, + OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force creation when no changes or an empty message")), /* end commit contents options */ OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty, @@ -1653,6 +1654,10 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_commit_options, builtin_commit_usage, prefix, current_head, &s); + + allow_empty += force; + allow_empty_message += force; + if (dry_run) return dry_run_commit(argc, argv, prefix, current_head, &s); index_file = prepare_index(argc, argv, prefix, current_head, 0); -- 2.3.4 ```