diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1475,6 +1475,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
             cctx = context.workingcommitctx(self, status,
                                             text, user, date, extra)
 
+            # internal config: ui.allowemptycommit
             allowemptycommit = (wctx.branch() != wctx.p1().branch()
                                 or extra.get('close') or merge or cctx.files()
                                 or self.ui.configbool('ui', 'allowemptycommit'))