1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index 7b19a33ad1..26844af439 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ if ($opt_d) {
 	@cvs = ('cvs');
 }
 
-# setup a tempdir
-our ($tmpdir, $tmpdirname) = tempdir('git-cvsapplycommit-XXXXXX',
-				     TMPDIR => 1,
-				     CLEANUP => 1);
-
 # resolve target commit
 my $commit;
 $commit = pop @ARGV;
@@ -87,6 +82,7 @@ foreach my $line (@commit) {
     }
 }
 
+my $noparent = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
 if ($parent) {
     my $found;
     # double check that it's a valid parent
@@ -100,8 +96,10 @@ if ($parent) {
 } else { # we don't have a parent from the cmdline...
     if (@parents == 1) { # it's safe to get it from the commit
 	$parent = $parents[0];
-    } else { # or perhaps not!
-	die "This commit has more than one parent -- please name the parent you want to use explicitly";
+    } elsif (@parents == 0) { # there is no parent
+        $parent = $noparent;
+    } else { # cannot choose automatically from multiple parents
+        die "This commit has more than one parent -- please name the parent you want to use explicitly";
     }
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +119,11 @@ if ($opt_a) {
 }
 close MSG;
 
-`git-diff-tree --binary -p $parent $commit >.cvsexportcommit.diff`;# || die "Cannot diff";
+if ($parent eq $noparent) {
+    `git-diff-tree --binary -p --root $commit >.cvsexportcommit.diff`;# || die "Cannot diff";
+} else {
+    `git-diff-tree --binary -p $parent $commit >.cvsexportcommit.diff`;# || die "Cannot diff";
+}
 
 ## apply non-binary changes
 
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ my $context = $opt_p ? '' : '-C1';
 print "Checking if patch will apply\n";
 
 my @stat;
-open APPLY, "GIT_DIR= git-apply $context --binary --summary --numstat<.cvsexportcommit.diff|" || die "cannot patch";
+open APPLY, "GIT_DIR= git-apply $context --summary --numstat<.cvsexportcommit.diff|" || die "cannot patch";
 @stat=<APPLY>;
 close APPLY || die "Cannot patch";
 my (@bfiles,@files,@afiles,@dfiles);
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ if ($dirty) {
 }
 
 print "Applying\n";
-`GIT_DIR= git-apply $context --binary --summary --numstat --apply <.cvsexportcommit.diff` || die "cannot patch";
+`GIT_DIR= git-apply $context --summary --numstat --apply <.cvsexportcommit.diff` || die "cannot patch";
 
 print "Patch applied successfully. Adding new files and directories to CVS\n";
 my $dirtypatch = 0;