commit: make --only --allow-empty work without paths
--only is implied when paths are present, and required
them unless --amend. But with --allow-empty it should
be allowed as well - it is the only way to create an
empty commit in the presence of staged changes.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 77e3dc8..58b799c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
if (also + only + all + interactive > 1)
die(_("Only one of --include/--only/--all/--interactive/--patch can be used."));
- if (argc == 0 && (also || (only && !amend)))
+ if (argc == 0 && (also || (only && !amend && !allow_empty)))
die(_("No paths with --include/--only does not make sense."));
if (argc == 0 && only && amend)
only_include_assumed = _("Clever... amending the last one with dirty index.");
