1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/parsing.c b/parsing.c
index b86467a..74a2484 100644
--- a/parsing.c
+++ b/parsing.c
@@ -191,24 +191,27 @@ struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
 	struct commitinfo *ret;
 	char *p = commit->buffer, *t = commit->buffer;
 
 	ret = xmalloc(sizeof(*ret));
 	ret->commit = commit;
 	ret->author = NULL;
 	ret->author_email = NULL;
 	ret->committer = NULL;
 	ret->committer_email = NULL;
 	ret->subject = NULL;
 	ret->msg = NULL;
 
+	if (p == NULL)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (strncmp(p, "tree ", 5))
 		die("Bad commit: %s", sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
 	else
 		p += 46; // "tree " + hex[40] + "\n"
 
 	while (!strncmp(p, "parent ", 7))
 		p += 48; // "parent " + hex[40] + "\n"
 
 	if (!strncmp(p, "author ", 7)) {
 		p += 7;
 		t = strchr(p, '<') - 1;
 		ret->author = substr(p, t);