Merge branch 'dd/notes-empty-no-edit-by-default'

"git notes add -m '' --allow-empty" and friends that take prepared
data to create notes should not invoke an editor, but it started
doing so since Git 2.42, which has been corrected.

* dd/notes-empty-no-edit-by-default:
  notes: do not trigger editor when adding an empty note

Author: gitster

builtin/notes.c

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ struct note_msg {
 };
 
 struct note_data {
-	int given;
 	int use_editor;
 	int stripspace;
 	char *edit_path;
@@ -193,15 +192,15 @@ static void write_commented_object(int fd, const struct object_id *object)
 static void prepare_note_data(const struct object_id *object, struct note_data *d,
 		const struct object_id *old_note)
 {
-	if (d->use_editor || !d->given) {
+	if (d->use_editor || !d->msg_nr) {
 		int fd;
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 		/* write the template message before editing: */
 		d->edit_path = git_pathdup("NOTES_EDITMSG");
 		fd = xopen(d->edit_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600);
 
-		if (d->given)
+		if (d->msg_nr)
 			write_or_die(fd, d->buf.buf, d->buf.len);
 		else if (old_note)
 			copy_obj_to_fd(fd, old_note);
@@ -515,7 +514,6 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (d.msg_nr)
 		concat_messages(&d);
-	d.given = !!d.buf.len;
 
 	object_ref = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "HEAD";
 
@@ -528,7 +526,7 @@ static int add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (note) {
 		if (!force) {
 			free_notes(t);
-			if (d.given) {
+			if (d.msg_nr) {
 				free_note_data(&d);
 				return error(_("Cannot add notes. "
 					"Found existing notes for object %s. "
@@ -690,14 +688,14 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_with_options(usage, options);
 	}
 
-	if (d.msg_nr)
+	if (d.msg_nr) {
 		concat_messages(&d);
-	d.given = !!d.buf.len;
-
-	if (d.given && edit)
-		fprintf(stderr, _("The -m/-F/-c/-C options have been deprecated "
-			"for the 'edit' subcommand.\n"
-			"Please use 'git notes add -f -m/-F/-c/-C' instead.\n"));
+		if (edit)
+			fprintf(stderr, _("The -m/-F/-c/-C options have been "
+				"deprecated for the 'edit' subcommand.\n"
+				"Please use 'git notes add -f -m/-F/-c/-C' "
+				"instead.\n"));
+	}
 
 	object_ref = 1 < argc ? argv[1] : "HEAD";
 

t/t3301-notes.sh

@@ -1557,4 +1557,14 @@ test_expect_success 'empty notes are displayed by git log' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'empty notes do not invoke the editor' '
+	test_commit 18th &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="false" git notes add -C "$empty_blob" --allow-empty &&
+	git notes remove HEAD &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="false" git notes add -m "" --allow-empty &&
+	git notes remove HEAD &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="false" git notes add -F /dev/null --allow-empty &&
+	git notes remove HEAD
+'
+
 test_done