From e1c1427ee83d7f1cf763cf1473c4e425a02d75d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Agius <17563226+alan-agius4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:39:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ng-dev/release): allow empty commits when publishing
 snapshots

When publishing snapshots, it's possible that a package is built but
contains no functional changes (e.g. only version placeholder updates
which are ignored by the diff).

Previously, the git commit step would fail in these cases because the
working tree was clean. This change adds the --allow-empty flag to
ensure the commit succeeds regardless of changes.
---
 ng-dev/release/snapshot-publish/snapshots.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ng-dev/release/snapshot-publish/snapshots.ts b/ng-dev/release/snapshot-publish/snapshots.ts
index 6c4aef7d8..2cbb7ae13 100644
--- a/ng-dev/release/snapshot-publish/snapshots.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/release/snapshot-publish/snapshots.ts
@@ -161,9 +161,11 @@ export class SnapshotPublisher {
             ['diff-index', '--quiet', '-I', '0\\.0\\.0-[a-f0-9]+', 'HEAD', '--'],
             {cwd: tmpRepoDir},
           ).status === 1;
+
         this.git.run(
           [
             'commit',
+            '--allow-empty',
             '--author',
             this.commitAuthor,
             '-m',