X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/stgit/blobdiff_plain/f46f4413587c2941a555aa6014c3e306bbd67fd6..75a221d2f3dcfa4b8af1e994ba9ea6d6f7826a45:/stgit/git.py

diff --git a/stgit/git.py b/stgit/git.py
index 907c82d..2c73bb8 100644
--- a/stgit/git.py
+++ b/stgit/git.py
@@ -436,7 +436,9 @@ 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