1 file changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/source/ui-log.c b/source/ui-log.c
index f96689e..8adc5ac 100644
--- a/source/ui-log.c
+++ b/source/ui-log.c
@@ -88,15 +88,16 @@ static void follow_path(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 
 /*
  * Whether a commit belongs in the listing. When a single path is being
- * followed the commit is diffed against its one parent here, and the counts
- * that fall out of that diff are kept so the row does not repeat the work.
+ * followed the commit is diffed against its one parent here, or against the
+ * empty tree when it is the root, and the counts that fall out of that diff
+ * are kept so the row does not repeat the work.
  */
 static int should_show(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	// Static, because the walk keeps the address in its diff options.
 	static filepair_fn follow = follow_path;
 	struct commit_list *parents = commit->parents;
-	struct commit *parent;
+	const struct object_id *parent_tree = NULL;
 	int found = 0, saved_fmt;
 	struct diff_flags saved_flags = revs->diffopt.flags;
 
@@ -108,22 +109,20 @@ static int should_show(struct commit *commit, struct rev_info *revs)
 	if (parents && parents->next)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!parents)
-		return revs->show_root_diff;
-
-	parent = parents->item;
-
-	// A parent that does not parse is left for print_commit to report on,
-	// so the commit is shown.
-	if (repo_parse_commit(the_repository, parent))
-		return 1;
+	if (parents) {
+		// A parent that does not parse is left for print_commit to
+		// report on, so the commit is shown.
+		if (repo_parse_commit(the_repository, parents->item))
+			return 1;
+		parent_tree = get_commit_tree_oid(parents->item);
+	}
 
 	file_count = 0;
 	added_lines = 0;
 	removed_lines = 0;
 
 	revs->diffopt.flags.recursive = 1;
-	diff_tree_oid(get_commit_tree_oid(parent), get_commit_tree_oid(commit), "", &revs->diffopt);
+	diff_tree_oid(parent_tree, get_commit_tree_oid(commit), "", &revs->diffopt);
 	diffcore_std(&revs->diffopt);
 
 	found = !diff_queue_is_empty(&revs->diffopt);