diff --git a/git/.gitconfig b/git/.gitconfig
index c3f1ed8..dfd17da 100644
--- a/git/.gitconfig
+++ b/git/.gitconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   hist-tags = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr)%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative
   most-recent-by-branch = for-each-ref --sort=committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(HEAD) %(color:yellow)%(refname:short)%(color:reset) - %(color:red)%(objectname:short)%(color:reset) - %(contents:subject) - %(authorname) (%(color:green)%(committerdate:relative)%(color:reset))'
   root = rev-parse --show-toplevel
-  add-trailer = commit --no-edit --amend --trailer
+  add-trailer = commit --allow-empty --no-edit --amend --trailer
 
 
 [commit]
diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/aliases b/zsh/.config/zsh/aliases
index b972dad..09e2d77 100644
--- a/zsh/.config/zsh/aliases
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/aliases
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ alias gaa="git add --all"
 alias gap="git add --patch"
 alias gb="git branch"
 alias gc="git commit"
-alias gca="git commit --amend"
+alias gca="git commit --amend --allow-empty"
 alias gcl="git commit -m 'Linting'"
 alias gcn="git commit --allow-empty --message 'noop'"
 alias gco="advanced-git-checkout"