1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ui-diff.c b/ui-diff.c
index 7ec5701..999b6f3 100644
--- a/ui-diff.c
+++ b/ui-diff.c
@@ -26,25 +26,28 @@ static void print_line(char *line, int len)
 
 	htmlf("<div class='%s'>", class);
 	line[len-1] = '\0';
 	html_txt(line);
 	html("</div>");
 	line[len-1] = c;
 }
 
 static void header(unsigned char *sha1, char *path1,
 		   unsigned char *sha2, char *path2)
 {
 	char *abbrev1, *abbrev2;
-
+	if (is_null_sha1(sha1))
+		path1 = "dev/null";
+	if (is_null_sha1(sha2))
+		path2 = "dev/null";
 	html("<tr><td>");
 	html("<div class='head'>");
 	html("diff --git a/");
 	html_txt(path1);
 	html(" b/");
 	html_txt(path2);
 	abbrev1 = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(sha1, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 	abbrev2 = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(sha2, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 	htmlf("\nindex %s..%s", abbrev1, abbrev2);
 	free(abbrev1);
 	free(abbrev2);
 	html("\n--- a/");