Re: [PATCH] hg-to-git: handle an empty dir in hg by combining git commits

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Mark Drago <markdrago@gmail.com> writes:

> This patch will detect that there are no changes to commit (using git-status),
> and will not perform the commit, but will instead combine the log messages of
> that (non-)commit with the next commit.

I think a better approach would be to implement --no-tree-change-is-ok
option to git-commit, strictly for use by foreign scm interface scripts
like yours.  It does not usually make sense to record a commit that has
the exact same tree as its sole parent commit and that is why git-commit
prevents you from making that mistake, but when data from foreign scm is
involved, it is a different story.  We are equipped to represent such a
(perhaps insane, perhaps by mistake, or perhaps done on purpose) change
and it is better to represent it bypassing the safety valve for native
use.