{"record":{"id":"55bdc53e40d53b15","repo":"GitoxideLabs/gitoxide","slug":"the-new-commit-would-be-empty-use-allow-empty-t","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"the new commit would be empty; use --allow-empty to create it anyway","messagePattern":"the new commit would be empty; use --allow-empty to create it anyway","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"gix-tix/src/command/new.rs","lineNumber":51,"sourceCode":"    } else if args.worktree_untracked {\n        crate::edit::create::Source::WorktreeUntracked\n    } else if args.worktree {\n        crate::edit::create::Source::Worktree\n    } else {\n        crate::edit::create::Source::Default\n    };\n    let author = args\n        .edit\n        .author\n        .as_deref()\n        .map(gix::path::os_str_into_bstr)\n        .transpose()\n        .context(\"author is not valid UTF-8\")?;\n    let repository_path = repository.git_dir().to_owned();\n    let bare = repository.is_bare();\n    let mut prepared = crate::edit::create::prepare_from(repository, parent, source, author, args.todo)?;\n    if prepared.is_empty && !args.allow_empty {\n        anyhow::bail!(\"the new commit would be empty; use --allow-empty to create it anyway\");\n    }\n\n    let explicit = super::reword::explicit_message(&args.edit, std::io::stdin())?;\n    let outcome = if let Some(message) = explicit {\n        let mut repository = crate::open_repository(&repository_path, bare, false)\n            .context(\"could not reopen repository before creating commit\")?;\n        repository.object_cache_size(None);\n        crate::edit::create::apply_message_reporting(repository, &graph, prepared, &message)?\n    } else {\n        let editor = prepared.editor.take().expect(\"prepared commits have an editor\");\n        let Some(edited) = crate::edit::edit_document_without_terminal(\n            editor,\n            &prepared.document,\n            &format!(\"tix-commit-{}.md\", std::process::id()),\n        )?\n        else {\n            println!(\"no commit created: no input was provided\");\n            return Ok(());","sourceCodeStart":33,"sourceCodeEnd":69,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/blob/e73179060badf27222d790981fac3f84c1830a7e/gix-tix/src/command/new.rs#L33-L69","documentation":"`gix_tix::command::new::run` prepares the new commit via `edit::create::prepare_from`, which reports `prepared.is_empty` when the selected changes produce no diff relative to the parent. Without `--allow-empty`, creating such a commit is refused to avoid empty commits sneaking into the todo stack. Passing `--allow-empty` bypasses the check.","triggerScenarios":"Running `gix tix new` where the staged tree, index selection, or worktree selection matches the parent tree exactly (nothing selected or selected content is unchanged) and `--allow-empty` was not passed.","commonSituations":"Selecting no changes interactively; index/worktree selectors matching only already-committed content; scripts running `tix new` unconditionally after operations that staged nothing; expecting untracked files to count when they are ignored.","solutions":["Stage or select actual changes before running `tix new`.","Pass `--allow-empty` if an empty commit is intentional (e.g. markers, merge placeholders).","Inspect what is staged (`gix status`) to confirm something differs from the parent.","Make the script conditional: skip `tix new` when the diff against the parent is empty."],"exampleFix":"// before\ngix tix new -m \"msg\"\n// after\ngix tix new -m \"msg\" --allow-empty   # or stage changes first","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// Before running tix new: confirm the selected tree differs from the parent.\nlet prepared = crate::edit::create::prepare_from(repo, parent, source, author, todo)?;\nif prepared.is_empty && !allow_empty { // skip or set allow_empty }","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match run(repo, args) { Err(e) if e.to_string().contains(\"would be empty\") => { args.allow_empty = true; run(repo, args) } other => other }","preventionTips":["Check `gix status` / the prepared diff before committing.","Make scripted commits conditional on a non-empty diff.","Remember ignored/untracked files do not make a commit non-empty unless selected."],"tags":["git","tix","commit","empty","cli"],"backgroundTag":"empty-required-field","analyzedSha":"e73179060badf27222d790981fac3f84c1830a7e","analyzedAt":"2026-09-08T11:26:50.865Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-08T11:26:50.865Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-15T23:17:13.987Z"}