John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Overall, if we were designing format-patch/send-email/am today with >> today's use cases in mind without any existing users of these three >> commands, I think these three would be designed to pass an empty >> commit through the chain unconditionally. But we do not live in >> such a world, so perhaps some sort of opting in may be appropriate. > > Does that mean you want to see format-patch die on empty commits unless > --allow-empty is specified? No, what I (with Devil's advocate hat on) suggested was to hide the "instead of leaving an empty file, fill the file with the log message" feature this patch adds behind --allow-empty option, and when the option is not given, keep the current behaviour.
