···709709 exit 1
710710fi
711711712712-projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description")
712712+projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
713713# Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
714714# a more manageable length if it is
715715if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null