Merge pull request #4498 from branfosj/no-pr-commit-msg

no `--pr-commit-msg` when only adding new files

Author: smoors

easybuild/tools/github.py

@@ -1125,6 +1125,14 @@ def _easyconfigs_pr_common(paths, ecs, start_branch=None, pr_branch=None, start_
 
     # figure out commit message to use
     if commit_msg:
+        if pr_target_repo == GITHUB_EASYCONFIGS_REPO and all(file_info['new']) and not paths['files_to_delete']:
+            msg = "When only adding new easyconfigs usually a PR commit msg (--pr-commit-msg) should not be used, as "
+            msg += "the PR title will be automatically generated."
+            if build_option('force'):
+                print_msg(msg)
+                print_msg("Using the specified --pr-commit-msg as the force build option was specified.")
+            else:
+                raise EasyBuildError(msg)
         cnt = len(file_info['paths_in_repo'])
         _log.debug("Using specified commit message for all %d new/modified files at once: %s", cnt, commit_msg)
     elif pr_target_repo == GITHUB_EASYCONFIGS_REPO and all(file_info['new']) and not paths['files_to_delete']: