Dears Junio C Hamano: > René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> writes: > > > Am 12.11.21 um 05:58 schrieb Aleen via GitGitGadget: > >> Since that git has supported the --always option for the git-format-patch > >> command to create a patch with empty commit message, git-am should support > >> applying and committing with empty patches. > > > > The symmetry is compelling, but "always" is quite generic. I can see > > e.g. someone expecting "git am --always" to imply --keep-non-patch. > > What symmetry? > > > 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. > > That one I can believe, even though I do not necessarily think it is > a good idea to add such an option. In some cases when we need to migrate commits from one branch to another branch, from one repo to another repo, it should be necessary. Aleen
