Dears René, > The symmetry is compelling, but "always" is quite generic. I can see > e.g. someone expecting "git am --always" to imply --keep-non-patch. > git commit and cherry-pick have --allow-empty, which is (a bit) more > specific. That seems to me a better option name to copy for a commit- > creating command like git am. It was designed corresponding to --always option in git-format-patch, which will be pssed into git-diff-tree. As a commit-creating command, --allow-empty is apparently a better choice. I will re-submit it, thank you.