Merge "Detect empty messages with a cutoff"
diff --git a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh
index 2c256ff..0cc3da0 100755
--- a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh
+++ b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@
   fi
 }
 
+function test_empty_with_cutoff {
+  rm -f input
+  cat << EOF > input
+# Please enter the commit message for your changes.
+# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+# Do not modify or remove the line above.
+# Everything below it will be ignored.
+diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
+index 625fd613d9..03aeba3b21 100755
+--- a/file.txt
++++ b/file.txt
+@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
+ context
+ line
+ 
++hello, world
+ 
+ context
+ line
+EOF
+  if ${hook} input ; then
+    fail "must fail on empty message"
+  fi
+}
+
 function test_keep_cutoff_line {
   if ! prereq_modern_git ; then
     echo "old version of Git detected; skipping scissors test."
diff --git a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg
index d9fd1f1..0154d43 100755
--- a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 trap 'rm -f "$dest" "$dest-2"' EXIT
 
-if ! git stripspace --strip-comments < "$1" > "${dest}" ; then
+if ! cat "$1" | sed -e '/>8/q' | git stripspace --strip-comments > "${dest}" ; then
    echo "cannot strip comments from $1"
    exit 1
 fi