Commit a24a41ea9a928ccde2db074ab0835c4817223c9d introduces a bug which is still present in latest master. This command git commit -m "" --allow-empty --allow-empty-message should create an empty commit with an empty message and never open a text editor for the commit message. Since the change, the editor is always opened. My current workaround to skip the editor is setting the environment variable: GIT_EDITOR=true-- 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