Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I haven't gotten around to write a test case for this scenario, > so I'm sending out the fix alone, in order to draw attention > to the issue and have builtin-commit fixed by its authors, if > necessary ;) Untested but something like this ought to do. builtin-commit.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c index f37a90f..6c2dc39 100644 --- a/builtin-commit.c +++ b/builtin-commit.c @@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v) return git_status_config(k, v); } +static int is_a_merge(const unsigned char *sha1) +{ + struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1); + if (!commit || parse_commit(commit)) + die("could not parse HEAD commit"); + return !!(commit->parents && commit->parents->next); +} + static const char commit_utf8_warn[] = "Warning: commit message does not conform to UTF-8.\n" "You may want to amend it after fixing the message, or set the config\n" @@ -701,7 +709,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) return 1; } - if (!prepare_log_message(index_file, prefix) && !in_merge) { + if (!prepare_log_message(index_file, prefix) && !in_merge && + !(amend && is_a_merge(head_sha1))) { run_status(stdout, index_file, prefix); rollback_index_files(); unlink(commit_editmsg); - 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