diff --git a/src/GitList/Git/Repository.php b/src/GitList/Git/Repository.php
index 50d1f37..32ae329 100644
--- a/src/GitList/Git/Repository.php
+++ b/src/GitList/Git/Repository.php
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ class Repository extends BaseRepository
         $data = $format->parse($logs[0]);
         $commit = new Commit;
         $commit->importData($data[0]);
-        unset($logs[0]);
 
-        if (empty($logs[1])) {
-            $logs = explode("\n", $this->getClient()->run($this, 'diff ' . $commitHash . '~1..' . $commitHash));
+        if ($commit->getParentsHash()) {
+            $command = 'diff ' . $commitHash . '~1..' . $commitHash;
+            $logs = explode("\n", $this->getClient()->run($this, $command));
+        } else {
+            $logs = array_slice($logs, 1);
         }
 
         $commit->setDiffs($this->readDiffLogs($logs));
@@ -37,6 +39,89 @@ class Repository extends BaseRepository
         return $commit;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read diff logs and generate a collection of diffs
+     *
+     * @param array $logs  Array of log rows
+     * @return array       Array of diffs
+     */
+    public function readDiffLogs(array $logs)
+    {
+        $diffs = array();
+        $lineNumOld = 0;
+        $lineNumNew = 0;
+        foreach ($logs as $log) {
+            if ('diff' === substr($log, 0, 4)) {
+                if (isset($diff)) {
+                    $diffs[] = $diff;
+                }
+
+                $diff = new Diff;
+                if (preg_match('/^diff --[\S]+ a\/?(.+) b\/?/', $log, $name)) {
+                    $diff->setFile($name[1]);
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ('index' === substr($log, 0, 5)) {
+                $diff->setIndex($log);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ('---' === substr($log, 0, 3)) {
+                $diff->setOld($log);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ('+++' === substr($log, 0, 3)) {
+                $diff->setNew($log);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Handle binary files properly.
+            if ('Binary' === substr($log, 0, 6)) {
+                $m = array();
+                if (preg_match('/Binary files (.+) and (.+) differ/', $log, $m)) {
+                    $diff->setOld($m[1]);
+                    $diff->setNew("    {$m[2]}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!empty($log)) {
+                switch ($log[0]) {
+                    case "@":
+                        // Set the line numbers
+                        preg_match('/@@ -([0-9]+)/', $log, $matches);
+                        $lineNumOld = $matches[1] - 1;
+                        $lineNumNew = $matches[1] - 1;
+                        break;
+                    case "-":
+                        $lineNumOld++;
+                        break;
+                    case "+":
+                        $lineNumNew++;
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        $lineNumOld++;
+                        $lineNumNew++;
+                }
+            } else {
+                $lineNumOld++;
+                $lineNumNew++;
+            }
+
+            if (isset($diff)) {
+                $diff->addLine($log, $lineNumOld, $lineNumNew);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (isset($diff)) {
+            $diffs[] = $diff;
+        }
+
+        return $diffs;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Show the repository commit log with pagination
      *