1 file changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/source/ui-blame.c b/source/ui-blame.c
index eef8602..46d1654 100644
--- a/source/ui-blame.c
+++ b/source/ui-blame.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static char *suspect_detail(struct blame_origin *suspect)
 static void emit_entry_hash(struct blame_entry *ent)
 {
 	struct blame_origin *suspect = ent->suspect;
+	struct blame_origin *previous = suspect->previous;
 	struct object_id *oid = &suspect->commit->object.oid;
 	const char *detail = suspect_detail(suspect);
 
@@ -137,13 +138,14 @@ static void emit_entry_hash(struct blame_entry *ent)
 	);
 	html("</span>");
 
-	if (!repo_parse_commit(the_repository, suspect->commit) && suspect->commit->parents) {
-		struct commit *parent = suspect->commit->parents->item;
-
+	// git records the parent along with the path the file had there,
+	// which a rename changes, and records none for the commit that
+	// created the file.
+	if (previous) {
 		html(" ");
 		cgit_blame_link(
 			"^", "Blame the previous revision", NULL, ctx.qry.head,
-			oid_to_hex(&parent->object.oid), suspect->path
+			oid_to_hex(&previous->commit->object.oid), previous->path
 		);
 	}