commit: error out on unresolved files even if commit would be empty

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8195

mercurial/localrepo.py

@@ -2944,6 +2944,9 b' class localrepository(object):'
                 self, status, text, user, date, extra
             )
 
+            ms = mergemod.mergestate.read(self)
+            mergeutil.checkunresolved(ms)
+
             # internal config: ui.allowemptycommit
             allowemptycommit = (
                 wctx.branch() != wctx.p1().branch()
@@ -2958,9 +2961,6 b' class localrepository(object):'
             if merge and cctx.deleted():
                 raise error.Abort(_(b"cannot commit merge with missing files"))
 
-            ms = mergemod.mergestate.read(self)
-            mergeutil.checkunresolved(ms)
-
             if editor:
                 cctx._text = editor(self, cctx, subs)
             edited = text != cctx._text

tests/test-update-branches.t

@@ -347,8 +347,8 b' Try to make empty commit while there are'
   $ hg revert -r . a
   $ rm a.orig
   $ hg ci -m empty
-  nothing changed
-  [1]
+  abort: unresolved merge conflicts (see 'hg help resolve')
+  [255]
   $ hg resolve -m a
   (no more unresolved files)
   $ hg resolve -l