diff --git a/lib/grit/commit.rb b/lib/grit/commit.rb

index a093bb1db8e884cccf396b297259181d1caebed4..80fd3d527f269ecbd570b65b8e21fd85baedb6e9 100644

--- a/lib/grit/commit.rb

+++ b/lib/grit/commit.rb

@@ -156,12 +156,8 @@ module Grit

def diffs

if parents.empty?

- diff = @repo.git.show({:full_index => true, :pretty => 'raw'}, @id)

- if diff =~ /diff --git a/

- diff = diff.sub(/.+?(diff --git a)/m, '\1')

- else

- diff = ''

- end

+ diff = @repo.git.show({:full_index => true, :pretty => 'raw'}, @id)

+ diff = diff.sub(/.+?(diff --git a)/m, '\1')

Diff.list_from_string(@repo, diff)

else

self.class.diff(@repo, parents.first.id, @id)