git-log will return a fatal error for an empty repo, like so: $ git --version git version 1.5.2.73.g18bece $ mkdir mytest $ cd mytest $ git-init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ $ git-log fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD' It would be nice if git-log was quiet or returned a "no log" message instead of the fatal error. Steve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html