On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 08:45:34PM -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote: > I'm trying to test to see if "git diff --cached" will fail because there > are no existing commits. I've come up with running "git show-ref -h -q" > and testing its return value. My hypothesis is: If and only if > git-show-ref succeeds then git-diff will succeed. > > Are my logic and assumptions sound? I'm a bit out of my git comfort zone > here, so I'd like to get some validation from some people who know > better. Maybe "git rev-parse --verify HEAD"? -Peff -- 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