# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1139465645 -3600
# Node ID 33d09f4a6fef4acf17766b64368903ad3a77ccee
# Parent  20b621154e17c1c3538c57457f46327056bd9b8f
Put the empty line in commit text above the branch merge line.


diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -437,10 +437,10 @@ class localrepository(object):
         new.sort()
 
         if not text:
-            edittext = ""
+            edittext = "\n"
             if p2 != nullid:
                 edittext += "HG: branch merge\n"
-            edittext += "\n" + "HG: manifest hash %s\n" % hex(mn)
+            edittext += "HG: manifest hash %s\n" % hex(mn)
             edittext += "".join(["HG: changed %s\n" % f for f in changed])
             edittext += "".join(["HG: removed %s\n" % f for f in remove])
             if not changed and not remove: