Git · Snapshot and staging

git commit --allow-empty

Creates a commit with no changes, useful to trigger CI.

Syntax
git commit --allow-empty -m "message"

Example

Example
git commit --allow-empty -m "ci: rerun"

More in this group

git add --all git add --patch git checkout -- (discard) git clean -n git commit --all git commit --fixup git notes git restore --staged

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