[BUG] /commit-commands:commit doesn't work when there are no commits yet

[mulka]

Preflight Checklist

• I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

The commit command doesn't work when there are no commits yet. Here's what happens:

/commit-commands:commit
⎿ Error: Bash command failed for pattern "!git log --oneline -10": [stderr]
fatal: your current branch 'main' does not have any commits yet

What Should Happen?

It should help the user create an initial commit.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Create a new repo with git init
Run Claude Code
Make sure commit-commands plugin is installed
Run /commit-commands:commit

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.39 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

No response

[sakumoto-shota]

I've submitted a fix for this issue: #33234

Root cause:
The Context section in commit.md runs git diff HEAD and git log --oneline -10 via inline execution (! backtick syntax). In a fresh repo with no commits, both commands fail with fatal: your current branch does not have any commits yet, which causes the entire /commit-commands:commit command to error out.

Fix:
Added graceful fallbacks so the commands succeed regardless of repo state:

• git diff HEAD 2>/dev/null || git diff --cached — git diff --cached shows staged changes without requiring HEAD, which is exactly what you need for an initial commit
• git log --oneline -10 2>/dev/null || echo "No commits yet (initial commit)" — provides context to Claude that this will be the first commit

Both fallbacks are transparent in normal repos (with existing commits), so there's no behavior change for the common case.

[github-actions]

Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.