Re: Why doesn't merge fail if message has only sign-off?

On Mon, 2017-07-03 at 10:21 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I think that it is not by design that it doesn't fail.  It's not > like we decided to allow s-o-b only merge because we found a reason > why it is a good idea to do so. > > So I do not think anybody minds too deeply if somebody came up a

Re: Why doesn't merge fail if message has only sign-off?

Kaartic Sivaraam writes: > While trying to merge a branch using "git merge" if a merge > message consists only of a "Sign-off" line it doesn't fail. > To be consistent with the behaviour of "git commit" shouldn't the merge > fail? I think that it is not by design

Why doesn't merge fail if message has only sign-off?

While trying to merge a branch using "git merge" if a merge message consists only of a "Sign-off" line it doesn't fail. To be consistent with the behaviour of "git commit" shouldn't the merge fail? -- Kaartic