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authorJohn Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>2023-03-03 19:03:01 +0300
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2023-03-03 20:13:52 +0300
commit94c4289435605a9c39951ccebaf82f131e07c255 (patch)
tree2e8d86f11250688b184886839c924f93a8336722
parentd15644fe0226af7ffc874572d968598564a230dd (diff)
format-patch: output header for empty commits
When formatting an empty commit, it is surprising that a totally empty file is generated. Set the flag to always print the header, matching the behaviour of git-log. Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--builtin/log.c1
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4014-format-patch.sh10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index a70fba198f..87b4fb2edc 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -2097,6 +2097,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
/* Always generate a patch */
rev.diffopt.output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+ rev.always_show_header = 1;
rev.zero_commit = zero_commit;
rev.patch_name_max = fmt_patch_name_max;
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index f3313b8c58..ffc7c60680 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ test_expect_success setup '
test_tick &&
git commit -m "patchid 3" &&
+ git checkout -b empty main &&
+ test_tick &&
+ git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit" &&
+
git checkout main
'
@@ -128,6 +132,12 @@ test_expect_success 'replay did not screw up the log message' '
grep "^Side .* with .* backslash-n" actual
'
+test_expect_success 'format-patch empty commit' '
+ git format-patch --stdout main..empty >empty &&
+ grep "^From " empty >from &&
+ test_line_count = 1 from
+'
+
test_expect_success 'extra headers' '
git config format.headers "To: R E Cipient <rcipient@example.com>
" &&