Using the keep_empy environment variable, this change allows git-commit-am to
apply empty commits to the new branch we are rebasing to
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
CC: Jeff King <redacted>
CC: Phil Hord <redacted>
CC: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
---
git-rebase--am.sh | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-rebase--am.sh b/git-rebase--am.sh
index c815a24..c1d1b60 100644
--- a/git-rebase--am.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--am.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,21 @@ esac
test -n "$rebase_root" && root_flag=--root
-git format-patch -k --stdout --full-index --ignore-if-in-upstream \
- --src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/ \
- --no-renames $root_flag "$revisions" |
-git am $git_am_opt --rebasing --resolvemsg="$resolvemsg" &&
-move_to_original_branch
+if [ -n "$keep_empty" ]
+then
+ # we have to do this the hard way. git format-patch completly squashes
+ # empty commits and even if it didn't the format doesn't really lend
+ # itself well to recording empty patches. fortunately, cherry-pick
+ # makes this easy
+ git cherry-pick --keep-empty "$revisions" && move_to_original_branch
+else
+ git format-patch -k --stdout --full-index --ignore-if-in-upstream \
+ --src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/ \
+ --no-renames $root_flag "$revisions" |
+ git am $git_am_opt --rebasing --resolvemsg="$resolvemsg" &&
+ move_to_original_branch
+fi
+
ret=$?
test 0 != $ret -a -d "$state_dir" && write_basic_state
exit $ret
--
1.7.7.6