# -- Verify this wasn't an empty change.
#
if {$commit_type eq {normal}} {
- set fd_ot [open "| git cat-file commit $PARENT" r]
+ set fd_ot [git_read cat-file commit $PARENT]
fconfigure $fd_ot -encoding binary -translation lf
set old_tree [gets $fd_ot]
close $fd_ot