X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/stgit/blobdiff_plain/2406f7d16cad24d396b3e8ea5605813f4011b5a6..1e0754060c4fbf7a35efc8557e8d798a49103324:/stgit/git.py

diff --git a/stgit/git.py b/stgit/git.py
index 2399996..025d15d 100644
--- a/stgit/git.py
+++ b/stgit/git.py
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ class Commit:
         return self.__tree
 
     def get_parent(self):
-        return self.get_parents()[0]
+        parents = self.get_parents()
+        if parents:
+            return parents[0]
+        else:
+            return None
 
     def get_parents(self):
         return _output_lines('git-rev-list --parents --max-count=1 %s'
@@ -436,7 +440,9 @@ def commit(message, files = None, parents = None, allowempty = False,
             raise GitException, 'No changes to commit'
 
     # get the commit message
-    if message[-1:] != '\n':
+    if not message:
+        message = '\n'
+    elif message[-1:] != '\n':
         message += '\n'
 
     must_switch = True
@@ -644,12 +650,13 @@ def checkout(files = None, tree_id = None, force = False):
     if __run(checkout_cmd, files) != 0:
         raise GitException, 'Failed git-checkout-index'
 
-def switch(tree_id):
+def switch(tree_id, keep = False):
     """Switch the tree to the given id
     """
-    refresh_index()
-    if __run('git-read-tree -u -m', [get_head(), tree_id]) != 0:
-        raise GitException, 'git-read-tree failed (local changes maybe?)'
+    if not keep:
+        refresh_index()
+        if __run('git-read-tree -u -m', [get_head(), tree_id]) != 0:
+            raise GitException, 'git-read-tree failed (local changes maybe?)'
 
     __set_head(tree_id)