- # Prefix each non-empty line with a TAB.
- @line = map { length $_ ? "\t$_" : '' } @line;
-
- print "\n", join ("\n", @line), "\n";
+ # If there were any lines
+ if (@line == 0)
+ {
+ warn "$ME: warning: empty commit message:\n $date_line\n";
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if ($append_dot)
+ {
+ # If the first line of the message has enough room, then
+ if (length $line[0] < 72)
+ {
+ # append a dot if there is no other punctuation or blank
+ # at the end.
+ $line[0] =~ /[[:punct:]\s]$/
+ or $line[0] .= '.';
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Prefix each non-empty line with a TAB.
+ @line = map { length $_ ? "\t$_" : '' } @line;
+
+ print "\n", join ("\n", @line), "\n";
+ }