diff --git a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/Project.js b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/Project.js
index 8651ecc1a..4b8aa7210 100644
--- a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/Project.js
+++ b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/Project.js
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Project.prototype.getFileDiff = function(file,type) {
 }
 Project.prototype.getCommits = function(options) {
     return gitTools.getCommits(this.path,options).catch(function(err) {
-        if (/ambiguous argument/.test(err.message) || /does not have any commits yet/.test(err.message)) {
+        if (/bad default revision/i.test(err.message) || /ambiguous argument/i.test(err.message) || /does not have any commits yet/i.test(err.message)) {
             return {
                 count:0,
                 commits:[],
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ Project.prototype.toJSON = function () {
 
 
 function getCredentialsFilename(filename) {
+    filename = filename || "undefined";
     // TODO: DRY - ./index.js
     var ffDir = fspath.dirname(filename);
     var ffExt = fspath.extname(filename);
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ function getCredentialsFilename(filename) {
 }
 function getBackupFilename(filename) {
     // TODO: DRY - ./index.js
+    filename = filename || "undefined";
     var ffName = fspath.basename(filename);
     var ffDir = fspath.dirname(filename);
     return fspath.join(ffDir,"."+ffName+".backup");
diff --git a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js
index fec111858..c806a17f4 100644
--- a/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js
+++ b/red/runtime/storage/localfilesystem/projects/git/index.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function getStatus(localRepo) {
             return runGitCommand(["status","--porcelain","-b"],localRepo).then(function(output) {
                 var lines = output.split("\n");
                 var unknownDirs = [];
-                var branchLineRE = /^## (?:No commits yet on )?(.+?)(?:$|\.\.\.(.+?)(?:$| \[(?:(?:ahead (\d+)(?:,\s*)?)?(?:behind (\d+))?|(gone))\]))/;
+                var branchLineRE = /^## (?:(?:No commits yet on )|(?:Initial commit on))?(.+?)(?:$|\.\.\.(.+?)(?:$| \[(?:(?:ahead (\d+)(?:,\s*)?)?(?:behind (\d+))?|(gone))\]))/;
                 lines.forEach(function(line) {
                     if (line==="") {
                         return;