Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> Some non-judgemental descriptive output like >>> >>> $ git commit --amend --no-edit >>> No changes. >>> $ >>> >>> would address this case, without bothering people who are doing it >>> intentionally. So I think there's room for a simple improvement here. >> >> I do that to refresh the committer timestamp. > > I do, too. The proposal is, paraphrasing, > > $ git commit --amend --no-edit > Ah, I see that you want me to refresh the committer timestamp. > Done, as requested. > $ Ah, OK then. I somehow misread "No changes." as an error message.