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</pre>
This was trying to fix [[a broken merge|forum/canceling_wrong_repository_merge/]]... --[[anarcat]]
+
+> While I think it's silly to use empty dummy commit messages when there
+> is nothing of value to say about the commit, I guess I can add value
+> by putting in the name of the repository where the commit was made. So,
+> [[done]] --[[Joey]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2015-02-11T17:15:04Z"
+ content="""
+It's completely legal for git commits to have empty commit messages. Why
+would rebase care? Seems like a bug in rebase.
+
+Note that only the git-annex assistant currently uses empty commit
+messages.
+"""]]