Make "git commit" handle initial commits too

No need to confuse ex-CVS users with a complex initial commit sequence.

diff --git a/git-commit-script b/git-commit-script
index 1abfa14..f88a51a 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-commit-script
+++ b/git-commit-script
@@ -1,16 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 : ${GIT_DIR=.git}
-PARENTS="HEAD"
-if [ -f $GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD ]; then
-       echo "#"
-       echo "# It looks like your may be committing a MERGE."
-       echo "# If this is not correct, please remove the file"
-       echo "# $GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
-       echo "# and try again"
-       echo "#"
-       PARENTS="HEAD -p MERGE_HEAD"
-fi > .editmsg
-git-status-script >> .editmsg
+if [ ! -d $GIT_DIR ]; then
+       echo Not a git directory 1>&2
+       exit 1
+fi
+PARENTS="-p HEAD"
+if [ ! -r $GIT_DIR/HEAD ]; then
+       if [ -z "$(git-ls-files)" ]; then
+               echo Nothing to commit 1>&2
+               exit 1
+       fi
+       (
+               echo "#"
+               echo "# Initial commit"
+               echo "#"
+               git-ls-files | sed 's/^/# New file: /'
+               echo "#"
+       ) > .editmsg
+       PARENTS=""
+else
+       if [ -f $GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD ]; then
+               echo "#"
+               echo "# It looks like your may be committing a MERGE."
+               echo "# If this is not correct, please remove the file"
+               echo "# $GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
+               echo "# and try again"
+               echo "#"
+               PARENTS="-p HEAD -p MERGE_HEAD"
+       fi > .editmsg
+       git-status-script >> .editmsg
+fi
 if [ "$?" != "0" ]
 then
        cat .editmsg
@@ -20,6 +39,6 @@ ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} .editmsg
 grep -v '^#' < .editmsg | git-stripspace > .cmitmsg
 [ -s .cmitmsg ] || exit 1
 tree=$(git-write-tree) || exit 1
-commit=$(cat .cmitmsg | git-commit-tree $tree -p $PARENTS) || exit 1
+commit=$(cat .cmitmsg | git-commit-tree $tree $PARENTS) || exit 1
 echo $commit > $GIT_DIR/HEAD
 rm -f -- $GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD