Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Anyway, here is a not-very-well-tested patch to get "git am" to apply on > top of an empty repository (i.e., it worked on my utterly simplistic > test case and I didn't think too hard about what else might have been > broken). Maybe it will give a good start to somebody who wants to work > on this. The patch gets the ball rolling in a right direction, I think. In addition, you need to audit --abort and --skip codepaths carefully, though. > diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh > index d339075..bcc600d 100755 > --- a/git-am.sh > +++ b/git-am.sh > @@ -290,17 +290,23 @@ else > : >"$dotest/rebasing" > else > : >"$dotest/applying" > - git update-ref ORIG_HEAD HEAD > + if git rev-parse --quiet --verify HEAD; then > + git update-ref ORIG_HEAD HEAD > + else > + rm -f "$GIT_DIR/ORIG_HEAD" > + fi > fi > fi > > case "$resolved" in > '') > - files=$(git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD --) || exit > - if test "$files" > - then > - : >"$dotest/dirtyindex" > - die "Dirty index: cannot apply patches (dirty: $files)" > + if git rev-parse --quiet --verify HEAD; then > + files=$(git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD --) || exit > + if test "$files" > + then > + : >"$dotest/dirtyindex" > + die "Dirty index: cannot apply patches (dirty: $files)" > + fi > fi > esac > > @@ -541,7 +547,7 @@ do > fi > > tree=$(git write-tree) && > - parent=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) && > + parent=$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify HEAD) > commit=$( > if test -n "$ignore_date" > then > @@ -552,7 +558,7 @@ do > GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" > export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE > fi && > - git commit-tree $tree -p $parent <"$dotest/final-commit" > + git commit-tree $tree ${parent:+-p $parent} <"$dotest/final-commit" > ) && > git update-ref -m "$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $FIRSTLINE" HEAD $commit $parent || > stop_here $this -- 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