From aba2da13391d2adc72c0a2805e7196db2c803753 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:57:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Accept -m and friends for initial commits and merge commits.

Yes it was irritating not to be able to do so.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 git-commit-script | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-commit-script b/git-commit-script
index 5c5f564a..e47a090c 100755
--- a/git-commit-script
+++ b/git-commit-script
@@ -110,57 +110,51 @@ t)
 	fi
 esac
 
+if [ ! -r "$GIT_DIR/HEAD" ]
+then
+	echo "#"
+	echo "# Initial commit"
+	echo "#"
+	git-ls-files | sed 's/^/# New file: /'
+	echo "#"
+elif [ -f "$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 "#	$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
+	echo "# and try again"
+	echo "#"
+fi >.editmsg
+if test "$log_message" != ''
+then
+	echo "$log_message"
+elif test "$logfile" != ""
+then
+	if test "$logfile" = -
+	then
+		test -t 0 &&
+		echo >&2 "(reading log message from standard input)"
+		cat
+	else
+		cat <"$logfile"
+	fi
+elif test "$use_commit" != ""
+then
+	git-cat-file commit "$use_commit" | sed -e '1,/^$/d'
+fi | git-stripspace >>.editmsg
+
 PARENTS="-p HEAD"
 if [ ! -r "$GIT_DIR/HEAD" ]; then
 	if [ -z "$(git-ls-files)" ]; then
 		echo Nothing to commit 1>&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	{
-		echo "#"
-		echo "# Initial commit"
-		case "$no_edit" in
-		t) echo "# (ignoring your commit message for initial commit)"
-		   no_edit= 
-		esac
-		echo "#"
-		git-ls-files | sed 's/^/# New file: /'
-		echo "#"
-	} >.editmsg
 	PARENTS=""
-	no_edit=
 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 "#	$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD"
-		echo "# and try again"
-		case "$no_edit" in
-		t) echo "# (ignoring your commit message for merge commit)"
-		   no_edit= 
-		esac
-		echo "#"
-		} |
-		git-stripspace >.editmsg
 		PARENTS="-p HEAD -p MERGE_HEAD"
-	elif test "$log_message" != ''
-	then
-		echo "$log_message" |
-		git-stripspace >.editmsg
-	elif test "$logfile" != ""
-	then
-		if test "$logfile" = -
-		then
-			test -t 0 &&
-			echo >&2 "(reading log message from standard input)"
-			cat
-		else
-			cat <"$logfile"
-		fi |
-		git-stripspace >.editmsg
-	elif test "$use_commit" != ""
+	fi
+	if test "$use_commit" != ""
 	then
 		pick_author_script='
 		/^author /{
@@ -188,22 +182,20 @@ else
 		export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
 		export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
 		export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
-		git-cat-file commit "$use_commit" |
-		sed -e '1,/^$/d' |
-		git-stripspace >.editmsg
 	fi
-
 	case "$signoff" in
 	t)
 		git-var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT | sed -e '
 			s/>.*/>/
-			s/^/Signed-off-by: /' >>.editmsg ;;
+			s/^/Signed-off-by: /
+		' >>.editmsg
+		;;
 	esac
 	git-status-script >>.editmsg
 fi
 if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f $GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD ]
 then
-	cat .editmsg
+	sed -ne '/^#/p' .editmsg
 	rm .editmsg
 	exit 1
 fi
-- 
2.11.0