1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index 76f3f33a..fd48169d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -607,6 +607,17 @@ sub _git_log {
          my ($self, $range) = @_;
          my $git = $self->{git};
  
+        if (index($range, '..') < 0) {
+                # don't show annoying git errrors to users who run -index
+                # on empty inboxes
+                $git->qx(qw(rev-parse -q --verify), "$range^0");
+                if ($?) {
+                        open my $fh, '<', '/dev/null' or
+                                die "failed to open /dev/null: $!\n";
+                        return $fh;
+                }
+        }
+
          # Count the new files so they can be added newest to oldest
          # and still have numbers increasing from oldest to newest
          my $fcount = 0;