1 file changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/ui-log.c b/source/ui-log.c
index 5b3a88a..052d586 100644
--- a/source/ui-log.c
+++ b/source/ui-log.c
@@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, const char *grep, const c
 		release_commit_memory(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
+	// A search that matched nothing would leave the table a header alone.
+	if (!i && !ofs && grep && pattern && *pattern) {
+		htmlf("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='%d'>", columns + filler);
+		html("No commits match the search</td></tr>\n");
+	}
 	if (pager) {
 		print_pager(&rev, path, ofs, cnt);
 		cgit_print_layout_end();