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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T21:49:45+00:00 2026-05-15T21:49:45+00:00

Is there a way to configure Mercurial to allow for empty commit messages? If

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Is there a way to configure Mercurial to allow for empty commit messages? If you try hg commit through the CLI without entering a commit message, the commit is canceled with: abort: empty commit message.

Now, I know that committing without a message is usually considered bad form, but does Mercurial allow it at all?

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    2026-05-15T21:49:46+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 9:49 pm

    You can use just a space, but I’d really discourage it:

    hg commit -m " "
    
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