{"version":"2.1.299","anchor":"empty-repo-error-message-reworked","canonical_anchor":"empty-repo-error-message-reworked","heading":"Error for a repository with no commits no longer suggests a fixed command","tier":"notice","area":"Git","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.299\/e\/empty-repo-error-message-reworked","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.299","markdown":"### Error for a repository with no commits no longer suggests a fixed command\n\nThe error for an empty repository no longer tells you to run `git add . && git commit -m \"initial\"` and retry\n\n**Unclear.** The new wording of the empty-repository message is not shown.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code finds a repository with no commits yet, its error no longer gives the fixed advice to run `git add . && git commit -m \"initial\"` and then retry. The message is now a base message with an optional extra detail.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe advice you see for an empty repository has changed.\n\n- Area: Git\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}