Merge branch 'jk/maint-commit-amend-only-no-paths'
"git commit --amend --only --" was meant to allow "Clever" people to
rewrite the commit message without making any change even when they
have already changes for the next commit added to their index, but
it never worked as advertised since it was introduced in 1.3.0 era.
* jk/maint-commit-amend-only-no-paths:
commit: fix "--amend --only" with no pathspec
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 6515da2..95eeab1 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@
int i;
char *m;
+ if (!pattern)
+ return 0;
+
for (i = 0; pattern[i]; i++)
;
m = xcalloc(1, i);
@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@
* and create commit from the_index.
* We still need to refresh the index here.
*/
- if (!pathspec || !*pathspec) {
+ if (!only && (!pathspec || !*pathspec)) {
fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
refresh_cache_or_die(refresh_flags);
if (active_cache_changed) {
