diff --git a/builtin-shortlog.c b/builtin-shortlog.c
index af31abaaf862bb85a72e8052cf28a874d34c714a..b22b0edd65eefacabb648962b9c20c695609a3f5 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin-shortlog.c
else
free(buffer);
+ /* Skip any leading whitespace, including any blank lines. */
+ while (*oneline && isspace(*oneline))
+ oneline++;
eol = strchr(oneline, '\n');
if (!eol)
eol = oneline + strlen(oneline);
- while (*oneline && isspace(*oneline) && *oneline != '\n')
- oneline++;
if (!prefixcmp(oneline, "[PATCH")) {
char *eob = strchr(oneline, ']');
if (eob && (!eol || eob < eol))