Dears René,
The symmetry is compelling, but "always" is quite generic. I can see
e.g. someone expecting "git am --always" to imply --keep-non-patch.
git commit and cherry-pick have --allow-empty, which is (a bit) more
specific. That seems to me a better option name to copy for a commit-
creating command like git am.
It was designed corresponding to --always option in git-format-patch, which
will be pssed into git-diff-tree. As a commit-creating command, --allow-empty
is apparently a better choice. I will re-submit it, thank you.