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diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
-index cf7fbe9..a1b5ed3 100644
+index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
-@@ -439,17 +439,20 @@ sub git_commit_info ($;$) {
+@@ -439,17 +439,21 @@ sub git_commit_info ($;$) {
my @opts;
push @opts, "--max-count=$num" if defined $num;
-+ my @raw_lines;
-+ my @ci;
-
+-
- my @raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', @opts,
- '--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
- '-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
-+ if (-e $config{srcdir} . '/.git/refs/heads/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) {
-+ @raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', @opts,
-+ '--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
-+ '-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
-
-- my @ci;
+-
++ my @raw_lines;
+ my @ci;
- while (my $parsed = parse_diff_tree(\@raw_lines)) {
- push @ci, $parsed;
- }
++
++ # Test to see if branch actually exists yet.
++ if (run_or_non('git', 'show-ref', '--quiet', '--verify', '--', 'refs/heads/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) ) {
++ @raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', @opts,
++ '--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
++ '-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
++
+ while (my $parsed = parse_diff_tree(\@raw_lines)) {
+ push @ci, $parsed;
+ }
return wantarray ? @ci : $ci[0];
}
-@@ -474,7 +477,10 @@ sub rcs_update () {
+@@ -474,7 +478,10 @@ sub rcs_update () {
# Update working directory.
if (length $config{gitorigin_branch}) {
- run_or_cry('git', 'pull', '--prune', $config{gitorigin_branch});
+ run_or_cry('git', 'fetch', '--prune', $config{gitorigin_branch});
-+ if (-e $config{srcdir} . '/.git/refs/remotes/' . $config{gitorigin_branch} . '/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) {
++ if (run_or_non('git', 'show-ref', '--quiet', '--verify', '--', 'refs/remotes/' . $config{gitorigin_branch} . '/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) ) {
+ run_or_cry('git', 'merge', $config{gitorigin_branch} . '/' . $config{gitmaster_branch});
+ }
}
}
-@@ -559,7 +565,7 @@ sub rcs_commit_helper (@) {
+@@ -559,7 +566,7 @@ sub rcs_commit_helper (@) {
# So we should ignore its exit status (hence run_or_non).
if (run_or_non('git', 'commit', '-m', $params{message}, '-q', @opts)) {
if (length $config{gitorigin_branch}) {