From a5eb308eb765df1e22271b839679dde4a87d6a9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tonye Jack <jtonye@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:28:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: bug detecting initial commits

---
 diff-sha.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/diff-sha.sh b/diff-sha.sh
index 3dfed91c..e1fc62eb 100644
--- a/diff-sha.sh
+++ b/diff-sha.sh
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ if [[ -z $GITHUB_BASE_REF ]]; then
       fi
 
       if [[ "$PREVIOUS_SHA" == "$CURRENT_SHA" ]]; then
-        PREVIOUS_SHA=$(git rev-parse "$CURRENT_SHA^1" 2>/dev/null || true)
+        PARENT_COUNT=$(git show -s --format="%P" "$CURRENT_SHA" | wc -w | xargs)
 
-        if [[ -z "$PREVIOUS_SHA" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$PARENT_COUNT" == "0" ]]; then
           INITIAL_COMMIT="true"
           PREVIOUS_SHA=$(git rev-parse "$CURRENT_SHA")
           echo "::warning::Initial commit detected no previous commit found."