sync: When annex.autocommit=false, avoid making any commit of local changes, while still merging with remote to the extent possible.

Command/Sync.hs

@@ -151,24 +151,29 @@ syncRemotes rs = ifM (Annex.getState Annex.fast) ( nub <$> pickfast , wanted )
 	fastest = fromMaybe [] . headMaybe . Remote.byCost
 
 commit :: CommandStart
-commit = next $ next $ do
-	commitmessage <- maybe commitMsg return
-		=<< Annex.getField (optionName messageOption)
-	showStart "commit" ""
-	Annex.Branch.commit "update"
-	ifM isDirect
-		( do
-			void stageDirect
-			void preCommitDirect
-			commitStaged Git.Branch.ManualCommit commitmessage
-		, do
-			inRepo $ Git.Branch.commitQuiet Git.Branch.ManualCommit
-				[ Param "-a"
-				, Param "-m"
-				, Param commitmessage
-				]
-			return True
-		)
+commit = ifM (annexAutoCommit <$> Annex.getGitConfig)
+	( go
+	, stop
+	)
+  where
+	go = next $ next $ do
+		commitmessage <- maybe commitMsg return
+			=<< Annex.getField (optionName messageOption)
+		showStart "commit" ""
+		Annex.Branch.commit "update"
+		ifM isDirect
+			( do
+				void stageDirect
+				void preCommitDirect
+				commitStaged Git.Branch.ManualCommit commitmessage
+			, do
+				inRepo $ Git.Branch.commitQuiet Git.Branch.ManualCommit
+					[ Param "-a"
+					, Param "-m"
+					, Param commitmessage
+					]
+				return True
+			)
 
 commitMsg :: Annex String
 commitMsg = do

debian/changelog

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ git-annex (5.20150618) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * merge: Avoid creating the synced/master branch.
   * add: Stage symlinks the same as git add would, even if they are not a
     link to annexed content.
+  * sync: When annex.autocommit=false, avoid making any commit of local
+    changes, while still merging with remote to the extent possible.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:31:14 -0400
 

doc/git-annex.mdwn

@@ -929,8 +929,8 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings.
 
 * `annex.autocommit`
 
-  Set to false to prevent the git-annex assistant from automatically
-  committing changes to files in the repository.
+  Set to false to prevent the git-annex assistant and git-annex sync
+  from automatically committing changes to files in the repository.
 
 * `annex.startupscan`
 

doc/todo/wishlist:___96__git_annex_sync__96___without_auto-commit.mdwn

@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ I would like to have way, ideally a per-repo-cloud setting which syncs around au
 I often have quite complex additions with a mix of `git add` and `git annex add` in various stages of completion; running `git annex sync` regularly to see what state the other repos are in should not autocommit if possible.
 
 Richard
+
+> [[done]]; extended the annex.autocommit that previously only controlled the
+> assistant to also control `git annex sync`. --[[Joey]]