How to push an empty commit in Git

Pushing an empty commit using Git is straightforward. Git provides an optional flag on the git commit command: --allow-empty.

Pushing without making changes

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git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit"

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git push

The commit will be pushed without requiring changes.

Why is this useful?

This is useful for retrying a CI pipeline when an issue occurs with a GitHub webhook or CI service.