On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Geoff Russell wrote: > >> Is there something which can test whether a commit is needed? >> >> I define "needed" as meaning when git commit -a would make a non-identical >> commit. > > Maybe "git diff --exit-code HEAD"? Thanks ... "git diff --quiet || echo differences" Cheers, Geoff. > > Regards, > Jonathan > -- 6 Fifth Ave, St Morris, S.A. 5068 Australia Ph: 041 8805 184 / 08 8332 5069 http://perfidy.com.au -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html