GNU bug report logs - #78987
30.1; Unable to create new Git repository in Dired mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Zipei Lu" <zipeilu <at> qq.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:57:09 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.1

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #82 received at 78987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 78987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78987: 30.1; Unable to create new Git repository in Dired mode
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:20:01 +0300

>> Do you have an idea how to handle an empty repository on the first commit?
>> Or this needs a separate bug report?
>
> I think this is a bug in vc-git-diff.  Does this fix it:
>
> @@ -1818,7 +1818,10 @@ vc-git-diff
> -      (unless rev1 (setq rev1 "HEAD")))
> +      (unless rev1
> +        (setq rev1 (if (vc-git--empty-db-p)
> +                       "4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904"
> +                     "HEAD"))))

Thanks, I confirm it's fixed not only for the reported case,
but generally for all uses of vc-diff in an empty repository.
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