> git commit --allow-empty -m message <&- Though as of [fb56570] "Sync with maint to grab trivial doc fixes", that test doesn't fail for me if I revert to fd = open(pattern, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR, mode); if (fd > 0) return fd; I haven't been watching the code changes carefully; has there been a fix that is expected to cause that? Dale -- 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