Merge branch 'rr/am-help'

* rr/am-help:
  git am: Remove stray error message from sed
  git am: Display some help text when patch is empty
  git am: Set cmdline globally

Author: gitster

git-am.sh

@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ else
 	HAS_HEAD=
 fi
 
+cmdline="git am"
+if test '' != "$interactive"
+then
+	cmdline="$cmdline -i"
+fi
+if test '' != "$threeway"
+then
+	cmdline="$cmdline -3"
+fi
+
 sq () {
 	git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@"
 }
@@ -66,15 +76,6 @@ stop_here_user_resolve () {
 	    printf '%s\n' "$resolvemsg"
 	    stop_here $1
     fi
-    cmdline="git am"
-    if test '' != "$interactive"
-    then
-        cmdline="$cmdline -i"
-    fi
-    if test '' != "$threeway"
-    then
-        cmdline="$cmdline -3"
-    fi
     echo "When you have resolved this problem run \"$cmdline --resolved\"."
     echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
     echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
@@ -591,6 +592,8 @@ do
 
 		test -s "$dotest/patch" || {
 			echo "Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?"
+			echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
+			echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
 			stop_here $this
 		}
 		rm -f "$dotest/original-commit"
@@ -690,7 +693,13 @@ do
 	else
 	    action=yes
 	fi
-	FIRSTLINE=$(sed 1q "$dotest/final-commit")
+
+	if test -f "$dotest/final-commit"
+	then
+		FIRSTLINE=$(sed 1q "$dotest/final-commit")
+	else
+		FIRSTLINE=""
+	fi
 
 	if test $action = skip
 	then