Github user kevinjmh commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/carbondata/pull/2696
I found some material which may be helpful.
> A PR can be closed without committing it like so:
https://mahout.apache.org/developers/github.html#closing-a-pr-without-committing-for-committers
> Here's an example that closed
https://github.com/apache/incubator-airflow/pull/2440 :
> git commit --allow-empty -m "Closes apache/incubator-airflow#2440
*Already Merged*"
Ref:
the first comment by Chris Riccomini in
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/Committers%27+Guide
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