diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index f697e6695374d06e7b08c9faac1ebaefe4ff31d7..1f27c63343904a969e60ab19408495007f59d133 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
discard_cache();
if (!commit->parents) {
- if (action == REVERT)
- die (_("Cannot revert a root commit"));
parent = NULL;
}
else if (commit->parents->next) {
strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, "\"\n\nThis reverts commit ");
strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
- if (commit->parents->next) {
+ if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next) {
strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, ", reversing\nchanges made to ");
strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, sha1_to_hex(parent->object.sha1));
}