feat: draft of the --empty parameter

Author: 12rambau

commitizen/cli.py

@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ def __call__(
                         "help": "Determine the next version and write to stdout",
                         "default": False,
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": ["--empty"],
+                        "default": False,
+                        "help": "bump tags without new commits",
+                        "action": "store_true",
+                    },
                 ],
             },
             {

commitizen/commands/bump.py

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ def __call__(self) -> None:  # noqa: C901
         build_metadata = self.arguments["build_metadata"]
         increment_mode: str = self.arguments["increment_mode"]
         get_next: bool = self.arguments["get_next"]
+        is_empty: bool | None = self.arguments["empty"]
 
         if manual_version:
             if increment:
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ def __call__(self) -> None:  # noqa: C901
 
                 # No commits, there is no need to create an empty tag.
                 # Unless we previously had a prerelease.
-                if not commits and not current_version.is_prerelease:
+                if not commits and not current_version.is_prerelease and not is_empty:
                     raise NoCommitsFoundError(
                         "[NO_COMMITS_FOUND]\nNo new commits found."
                     )
@@ -266,6 +267,10 @@ def __call__(self) -> None:  # noqa: C901
                     "To avoid this error, manually specify the type of increment with `--increment`"
                 )
 
+            # we create an empty PATCH increment for empty tag
+            if increment is None and is_empty:
+                increment = "PATCH"
+
             new_version = current_version.bump(
                 increment,
                 prerelease=prerelease,